Khetrani language

Khetrani
Khetrani
Native to	Pakistan
Native speakers	200,000 (2023)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Sindhic [1] Khetrani; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Jafri/Jafarki [2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xhe

Khetrani also called Khetranki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in northeast Balochistan province of Pakistan mainly in Barkhan district but also in neighbouring districts, it is spoken by the Khetran people. About 200,000 people speak it.^[1] Khetrani has grammatical features in common with both Sindhi and with Punjabi,^[2]^[3] and it sometimes is considered to be mixed language of these both.

References

↑ Birmani, Ali H.; Ahmed, Fasih (2017). "Language of the Khetrans of Barkhan of Pakistani Balochistan: A preliminary description". Lingua. 191–192: 3–21. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2016.12.003. ISSN 0024-3841.
↑ "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
↑ Birmani, Ali H.; Ahmed, Fasih (May 2017). "Language of the Khetrans of Barkhan of Pakistani Balochistan: A preliminary description". Lingua. 191–192: 3–21. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2016.12.003. ISSN 0024-3841.

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[1] Birmani, Ali H.; Ahmed, Fasih (2017). "Language of the Khetrans of Barkhan of Pakistani Balochistan: A preliminary description". Lingua. 191–192: 3–21. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2016.12.003. ISSN 0024-3841.

[2] "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-01.

[3] Birmani, Ali H.; Ahmed, Fasih (May 2017). "Language of the Khetrans of Barkhan of Pakistani Balochistan: A preliminary description". Lingua. 191–192: 3–21. doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2016.12.003. ISSN 0024-3841.

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