GJK ISO 639-3
Koli, Kachi
گجراتی کچی کوہلی (Gujarati Kuchi Kohli) Autonym
A language of Pakistan
- ISO 639
- gjk
- Alternate Names
- Kachi, Kachi Gujarati, Katchi, Kohli, Kolhi, Koli, Kori, Kuchi, Vagari, Vagaria
- Autonym
- گجراتی کچی کوہلی (Gujarati Kuchi Kohli)
- Population
- 130,000 in Pakistan (2018). 80,000–100,000 Kachi Koli, 5,000–6,000 Rabari, 10,000 Kachi Bhil, 50,000 Vagri, 10,000 Katai Meghwar, 1,000 Zalavaria Koli. Total users in all countries: 530,000.
- Location:
- Sindh province: Nawabshah and Sakrand north, Matli south, and east beyond Mirpur Khas and Jamesabad, Tando Adam and Tando Allahyar town areas.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Gujarati
- Dialects
- Kachi, Rabari (Rahabari), Kachi Bhil, Vagri (Kachi Meghwar), Katai Meghwar, Zalavaria Koli. Becoming more like Sindhi [snd]. Lexical similarity: Kachi dialect; 89% with Kachi and Rabari, 96% with Kachi Bhil, 86% with Vagri, 92% with Katai Meghwar, 88% with Zalavaria Koli, 78% with Gujarati [guj], 76% with Wadiyari Koli [kxp].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Grammar. NT: 2002.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Koli, Kachi
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Gujarati script [Gujr], used by older people.
- Other Comments
- People with basically the same language are socially quite distinct. Hindu.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Gujarat state: Kachchh district, Rann, centered in Bhuj area.
- Dialects
- Kachi, Rabari (Rahabari), Kachi Bhil, Vagri (Kachi Meghwar), Katai Meghwar, Zalavaria Koli.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Hindu. View other languages of India
Language Name
Koli, Kachi
User Population
400,000 in India (1998). 100,000 Kachi Koli, 250,000 Rabari, 50,000 or more Vagri Meghwar, Katai Meghwar, and Zalavaria Koli.
Map
Location: Sindh province: Nawabshah and Sakrand north, Matli south, and east beyond Mirpur Khas and Jamesabad, Tando Adam and Tando Allahyar town areas.
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