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

Kabutra

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3kbu

Population  1,000 (1998).
Region  Sindh, Umerkot, Kunri, and Nara Dhoro areas. Speakers say that 90% of the people remain in the Zal area of Marwar, India.
Alternate names   Nat, Natra
Dialects  Reported inherent intelligibility with Sansi [ssi] and the Sochi dialect of Sansi, and use Kabutra when speaking to them. Lexical similarity: 74% with the Sochi language variety.
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani, Sansi
Language use  Also use Urdu [urd].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: 5% in Urdu.
Comments  Entertainers, dancers. Hindu.