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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Pakistan > Gurgula

Gurgula

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3ggg

Population  35,300 (2000).
Region  Sindh Province, Bhens Colony, Karachi; smaller urban centers through Sindh: Mirpur Khas, Shahdadpur, Panj, Moro, Sabura and Tando Allahyar.
Alternate names   Marwari Ghera
Dialects  Ghera [ghr] is quite different gramatically. Lexical similarity: 87% with Ghera.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Unclassified
Language use  All domains. Positive attitude. Also use Sindhi [snd] or Urdu [urd].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 5% in Urdu.
Writing system  Arabic script.
Comments  Itinerant marketers. Hindu.