Aer language

Aer is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 300 people in Sindh, Pakistan.

Aer
RegionSindh, Pakistan
Ethnicity330 in Deh area (no date)[1]
Native speakers
100–200 in Pakistan (1998)[1]
Arabic script[3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3aeq
Glottologaerr1238
ELPAer

Classification

Aer has been classified as one of the Gujarati languages. Ethnologue reports that the closest language is Kachi Koli,[4] and that most Aer speakers are bilingual in Sindhi.

According to Ethnologue, the two varieties of Aer are Jikrio Goth Aer and Jamesabad Aer.[5]

References

  1. Aer at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
  2. Aer language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
  3. "Aer language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)". Ethnologue.
  4. Aer language at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
  5. "Aer" Catalogue of Endangered Languages. 2020. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Apr. 29, 2020 http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3596


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