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

Memoni

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3mby

Population  No estimate available.
Region  Karachi.
Dialects  Similar to Sindhi [snd] and Gujarati [guj].
Classification  Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Unclassified
Language use  Mainly adults. Also use Urdu, Sindhi, or Gujarati.
Language development  Most are highly educated.
Comments  Reportedly 500–600 years ago Memoni speakers moved from a Sindhi-speaking area to a Gujarati-speaking area. Muslim.