Ghera

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
ghr
Alternate Names
Bara, Sindhi Ghera
Population

10,000 (1998).

Location

Hyderabad, 1 colony, between main bus stop and railway station. Speakers say more than 90% remained in Surat and Ahmedabad, India.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified
Dialects

Quite different grammatically from Gurgula [ggg] and similar to Urdu [urd]. Lexical similarity: 87% with Gurgula [ggg], 70% with Urdu [urd].

Language Use

Widespread multilingualism in Sindhi [snd] and Urdu [urd].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 20% Sindhi.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ghera
Other Comments

Almost totally urbanized. Hindu.