Aer
A language of Pakistan
| Population | 150 (1998). Women monolingual. 333 around Deh. |
| Region | Lower Sindh, Jikrio Goth near Kunri around Deh, Hyderabad, and at Jamesabad. Others reportedly migrated to India at Partition in 1947, living in the Kach Bhuj area in Gujarat. |
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Southern Pakistan |
| Dialects | Jikrio Goth Aer, Jamesabad Aer. Lexical similarity: 78% with Katai Meghwar and Kachi Bhil—both dialects of Kachi Koli [gjk], 75%–77% with the Rabari dialect of Kachi Koli [gjk], 76% with Kachi Koli [gjk]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Gujarati |
| Language use | All ages. Also use Sindhi [snd], Western Panjabi [pnb], or Gujarati. 100% of boys and 25% of girls attend Sindhi medium schools. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 15% in Sindhi. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | Unusual interrogative word suggests possible historical connection with Western Rajasthani group. Speakers in Pakistan running out of marriage possibilities and may have to move to India. The Indian group is most influential. Other Aer people in Nawabshah, Sindh reportedly speak a different language, dress differently, and do not intermarry with this group. Hindu. |
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