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Where is Dhatki spoken?

Dhatki is an Indo-European language, spoken in India and Pakistan. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Dhatki is spoken

Dhatki is spoken in 2 countries: India and Pakistan.

Country
India
Pakistan

Dhatki has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Dhatki?

Wikidata gives about 150,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Dhatki sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Dhatki as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Indo-European
  2. Classical Indo-European
  3. Indo-Iranian
  4. Indo-Aryan
  5. Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
  6. Continental Indo-Aryan
  7. Midlands Indo-Aryan
  8. Apabhramsic
  9. Gujarati-Rajasthani
  10. Rajasthani
  11. Western Rajasthani
  12. Indus Rajasthani
  13. Dhatki

Related languages

Other languages in the Indus Rajasthani group:

More about Dhatki

Codes: ISO 639-3 mki, Glottolog dhat1238. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Dhatki

Where is Dhatki spoken?

Dhatki is spoken in India and Pakistan. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

How many people speak Dhatki?

Wikidata gives about 150,000 speakers (Wikidata, with no source given). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.

Which language family is Dhatki in?

Glottolog places Dhatki in the Indo-European family, in the branch Classical Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan, Continental Indo-Aryan, Midlands Indo-Aryan, Apabhramsic, Gujarati-Rajasthani, Rajasthani, Western Rajasthani and Indus Rajasthani.

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