KVX ISO 639-3
Koli, Parkari
پارڪرِي (Parkari) Autonym
A language of Pakistan
- ISO 639
- kvx
- Alternate Names
- Parkari
- Autonym
- پارڪرِي (Parkari)
- Population
- 358,000 (2018).
- Location:
- Sindh province: Tharparkar district, Nagar Parkar in southeast tip bordering India; lower Thar desert, to Indus river west, bordered north and west by Hyderabad, to south and west of Badin.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Gujarati
- Dialects
- None known. Lexical similarity: 77%–83% with Marwari Bhil [mve], 83% with Wadiyari Koli [kxp].
- Language Use
- Also use Gujarati [guj]. Also use Sindhi [snd]. Also use Urdu [urd].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%, mostly in Sindhi [snd], a few in Urdu [urd], very few in Gujarati [guj]. NT: 1996.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Koli, Parkari
- Writing
- Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].
- Other Comments
- Hindu.
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Location: Sindh province: Tharparkar district, Nagar Parkar in southeast tip bordering India; lower Thar desert, to Indus river west, bordered north and west by Hyderabad, to south and west of Badin.
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