Goaria
A language of Pakistan
| Population | 25,400 (2000). |
| Region | Widespread in Sindh Province (except Karachi), including Larkana, Sukkur, Moro, Badin, Umerkot. |
| Dialects | May be the same as Gawari [sck] in India. Lexical similarity: 75%–83% with Jogi, 76% to 80% with Marwari [mve] sweeper, 72%–78% with Marwari Meghwar [mve], 70%–78% with Loarki [lrk]. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Rajasthani, Marwari |
| Language use | All domains except religion. All ages. Also use Sindhi [snd], Hindi, or other local languages. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: Below 1% in Sindhi. |
| Writing system | Arabic script. |
| Comments | Women sell trinkets, men transport people by horse cart and goods by donkey or donkey cart. Hindu. |
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