Loarki language explained

Loarki
Also Known As:Gade Lohar
States:Pakistan, India
Region:Sindh, Rajasthan
Date:1998–2016
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Indo-European
Fam2:Indo-Iranian
Fam3:Indo-Aryan
Fam4:Western
Fam5:RajasthaniMarwari
Fam6:Rajasthani
Lc1:lrk
Ld1:Loarki
Lc2:gda
Ld2:Gade Lohar (duplicate code)
Glotto:gade1236
Glottorefname:Gade Lohar

Loharki (as known in Pakistan), or Gade Lohar (as known in India),[1] is a Rajasthani language spoken by 20,000 nomadic people in rural Sindh, Pakistan, and by 500,000 in Rajasthan, India.

Notes and References

  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices