Koli, Parkari

KVX

developing

Alternate Names: Parkari

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 77%–83% with Marwari Bhil ,, 83% with Wadiyara Koli ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Central zone
Gujarati

Demographics: 250,000 (1995).

Language Use: Also use Gujarati [guj], Sindhi [snd], Urdu [urd].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%, mostly in Sindhi, a few in Urdu, very few in Gujarati. NT: 1996.

Writing System: Arabic

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Hindu.