Luwati language
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| Lawati | |
|---|---|
| Lawatiyya | |
| Region | Oman (Muttrah walled quarter, facing the old harbor; Muscat and other cities)[1] |
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Native speakers
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30,000 (2012)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | luv |
| Glottolog | luwa1238[2] |
Lawati (or Lawatiyya) is an Indo-Iranian language spoken by between 5,000 and 10,000 people of the Al-Lawati ethnic group in Oman.[3]
Classification
The Lawati language is superficially similar to Kutchi, but retains sounds found in other Sindhi languages and Saraiki but that have been lost from Kutchi.[4]
Phonology
The Lawati language has 37 consonants[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lawati at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Peterson, John E. 2004. "Oman's diverse society: Northern Oman", Middle East Journal 58(1), pp. 32–51.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Salman, Amel & Kharusi, Nafla S. (2012) ‘The Sound System of Lawatiyya’, Journal of Academic and Applied Studies May Vol. 2(5), pp. 36–44, ISSN 1925-931X, available online @ www.academians.org
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