Thari language
| Thari | |
|---|---|
| ٿَري ٽڪي | |
The word Thari (top) and Dhatki (bottom) written in the Naskh script | |
| Native to | Pakistan (Tharparkar and Umerkot districts of Sindh) India (Jaisalmer and Barmer districts of Rajasthan) |
| Ethnicity | Tharis |
Native speakers | 1,800,000 (2024) |
| Arabic script, Devanagari, Mahajani | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mki |
| Glottolog | dhat1238 |
Dhat region of Sindh and Rajasthan where Dhatki is spoken | |
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settlement_type. Replace with type.Thari (ٿَري), also known as Dhatki (ڍاٽڪي), is an Indo-Aryan language that is a part of the Rajasthanic family. It is predominantly spoken by the Thari people in the Thar region, specifically the Tharparkar and Umerkot districts of Sindh, where it is the majority language. Thari is also spoken to a lesser extent in the Barmer and Jaisalmer districts of Rajasthan. The Thari language is spoken by around 1.8 million in the region.