Vaghri

VGR

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bavri, Salavta, Vaghri Koli

Dialects: None known. Reportedly related to Kukar people’s language who live near Chanesar Halt, Mehmoodabad in Karachi. Lexical similarity: 78% with Wadiyari Koli ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 10,000 (1998).

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

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%.

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Urbanized. Hindu.