Sindhi languages

Sindhi
Geographic distribution:	India , Pakistan
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Sindhi

Glottolog:	`sind1279`^[1]

The Sindhi languages are Sindhi and those Indic languages closest to it. They include some varieties traditionally considered to be Gujarati:

Sindhi proper
Jadgali
Kutchi
Parkari, Kachi, and Wadiyara Koli
Luwati (unclassified)
Aer

Lasi and Sindhi Bhil are sometimes added, but are commonly considered dialects of Sindhi proper.^[2] It's not clear if Jandavra and Memoni are Sindhi or Gujarati.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sindhic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

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