Ethnologue

Gurgula

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Marwari Ghera

Population

35,300 (2000).

Location

Sindh province: Bhens colony, Karachi; smaller urban centers of Mirpur Khas, Moro, Panj, Sabura, Shahdadpur, and Tando Allahyar.

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Ghera [ghr] is quite different grammatically. Lexical similarity: 87% with Ghera [ghr].

Language Use

All domains. Positive attitudes. Many also use Sindhi [snd], Urdu [urd]. Also use Gujarati [guj].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5% in Urdu [urd].

Language Resources

Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Hindu.