Gujarati languages
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Gujarati languages | |
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Geographic distribution | Gujarat, Rajasthan, Sindh, Maharashtra, South India |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
Glottolog | guja1256 |
The Gujarati languages are a Western Indo-Aryan language family, comprising Gujarati and those Indic languages closest to it. They are ultimately descended from Shauraseni Prakrit.[2]
Numerous Gujarati languages are transitional between Gujarati and Sindhi. The precise relationship, if any exists, between Vaghri, Bhil language Wagdi, and Rajasthani language Bagri, has not been presently elucidated.
Language[lower-alpha 1] | Speakers[3] | Region(s) |
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Aer | 100 | Sindh |
Gujarati | 46,857,670 | Gujarat |
Jandavra | 5,000 | Sindh and Jodhpur |
Kachi Koli | 500,000 | Kutch and Sindh |
Lisan ud-Dawat | 8,000 | Gujarat and Northeast Africa |
Parkari Koli | 275,000 | Sindh |
Wadiyara Koli | 542,000 | Gujarat and Jodhpur |
Saurashtra | 185,000 | Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka |
Vaghri | 3,660 | Sindh |
Vasavi | 1,200,000 | South Gujarat and Khandesh |
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Includes variants and dialects
References[edit]
- ↑ Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)
- ↑ "Gujarati". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- ↑ Template:E19