Loarki language

Rajasthani language spoken in South Asia

Loarki
Gade Lohar
Native toPakistan, India
RegionSindh, Rajasthan
Native speakers
(520,000 cited 1998–2016)[1]
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Western
        • Rajasthani–Marwari
          • Rajasthani
            • Loarki
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lrk – Loarki
gda – Gade Lohar (duplicate code)
Glottologgade1236

Loharki (as known in Pakistan), or Gade Lohar (as known in India),[2] is a Rajasthani language[1] spoken by 20,000 nomadic people in rural Sindh, Pakistan, and by 500,000 in Rajasthan, India.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Loarki at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
    Gade Lohar (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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