Luwati

LUV

vigorous

Alternate Names: Khojki, Lawatiyya

Dialects: None known. Related to Kachchi ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northwestern zone
Sindhi

Demographics: 30,000 (Salman 2012).

Typology: 37 consonants.

Nation of Origin: Oman

Other Comments: Ethnonym: Lawatiya, Khoja or Hyderabadi. Ancestors reportedly migrated from Iran to Hyderabad, then to Mutrah. Muslim (Shi’a).