Katkari language

Katkari
Native to India
Region Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat
Ethnicity 294,000 Kathodi (2007?)[1]
Native speakers
12,000 (2007)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kfu
Glottolog katk1238[3]

Katkari, or Kathodi, is an Indian language, sometimes thought to be a dialect of Marathi, though it is classified with Konkani. It is endangered, with only a few percent of ethnic Kathodi speaking it. The Katkari people live primarily in Maharashtra.

References

  1. Katkari language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. Katkari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Katkari". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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