What is Dhatki language?
{{Infobox language | name = Dhatki | states = [[Pakistan]] and [[India]] ([[Marwar]] region of [[Rajasthan]] and [[Thar and Parkar|South eastern Thar]] region of [[Sindh]]) | speakers = 150,400 | date = 1997 | ethnicity = | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] | fam4 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|North Western]] | fam5 = [[Rajasthani language|Rajasthani]] | fam6 = [[Marwari language|Marwari]]-[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] | iso3 = mki }} '''Dhatki''', also known as '''Dhati''' or '''Thari''', is a [[Dialect continuum|dialect continum]] of [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and [[Marwari language|Marwari]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Linguistic Survey of India|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/lsi/lsi.php?volume=8-1&pages=600#page/1/mode/1up|access-date=2024-01-01|website=dsal.uchicago.edu}}</ref> It is spoken in western parts of [[Jaisalmer district|Jaisalmer]] and [[Barmer district|Barmer]] districts of [[Rajasthan]] in the [[Republic of India]] and south eastern part of [[Sindh]] province of [[Pakistan]]. Its characteristic phonological features are glottalized or [[Implosive sounds]] like Sindhi. Many Dhatki speaking communities migrated to [[British India]] in 1947 after the partition and continued to do so in small numbers, but still there is a sizable number of Dhatki speakers in [[Tharparkar District|Tharparkar]], [[Umerkot District|Umarkot]], [[Mirpur Khas District|Mirpurkhas]] districts of Sindh Pakistan. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Languages of Sindh]] [[Category:Languages of India]] [[Category:Rajasthan]] [[Category:Indo-Aryan languages]]