Ghera
A language of Pakistan
| Population | 10,000 (1998). |
| Region | 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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Southern Pakistan |
| Alternate names | Bara, Sindhi Ghera |
| Dialects | Quite different grammatically from Gurgula [ggg] and similar to Urdu [urd]. Lexical similarity: 87% with Gurgula, 70% with Urdu. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Unclassified |
| Language use | Also use Sindhi [snd] or Urdu. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 20% Sindhi. |
| Comments | Almost totally urbanized. Sellers of ceramic dishes, used clothing. Hindu. |
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