Jogi is an
Indo-Aryan language
The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated in India, Pa ...
spoken by the
Jogi people in
Sindh,
Pakistan
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. The language is generally considered a dialect of
Marwari, but the pronouns are distinct. Many
Hindu
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as well as
Muslim Jogi's of Sindh speak Jogi language as their native including
Sindhi as well; whereas Jogi in other parts of Pakistan speak mostly Jogi language.
[ However, the Jogi living in Thari Mirwah Sindh are a sub-caste of the Rajpar tribe, whose native language is Sindhi, and do not speak Jogi.
]
References
Languages of Sindh
Articles citing ISO change requests
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