Koli, Parkari

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
kvx
Alternate Names
Parkari
Population

250,000 (1995).

Location

Sindh, southeast tip bordering India, Tharparkar District, Nagar Parkar. Most lower Thar Desert, west as far as Indus River, bordered north and west by Hyderabad, to south and west of Badin.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Gujarati
Dialects

Lexical similarity: 77%–83% with Marwari Bhil [mve], 83% with Wadiyara Koli [kxp].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%, mostly in Sindhi, a few in Urdu, very few in Gujarati. NT: 1996.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Koli, Parkari
Writing
Arabic script.
Other Comments

Hindu, Christian.