Goaria

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639: gig
Population: 25,400 (2000).
Location:: Sindh province: widespread (except Karachi), Badin, Larkana, Moro, and Umerkot on lower Indus river valley between Hyderabad and Sukkur.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Marwari
Dialects: Maybe the same as Sadri (Gawari) [sck] in India. Lexical similarity: 75%–83% with Jogi, 76%–80% with Marwari [mve] sweeper caste, 72%–78% with Marwari (Meghwar dialect) [mve], 70%–78% with Loarki [lrk].
Language Use: All domains except religion. Used by all. Also use Hindi [hin], for worship. Also use Sindhi [snd], especially adults.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Below 1% in Sindhi [snd].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Goaria
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
Other Comments: Hindu.

Location: Sindh province: widespread (except Karachi), Badin, Larkana, Moro, and Umerkot on lower Indus river valley between Hyderabad and Sukkur.