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Bhaya language

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Bhaya
Native toPakistan
RegionSindh province
Native speakers
(70 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bhe
Glottologbhay1238
ELPBhaya

Bhaya is a moribund and possibly extinct Indo-Aryan language spoken in the lower Sindh province. According to Ethnologue,[1] it belongs to the Western Hindi subgroup, and possesses considerable lexical and morphemic similarities with neighbouring languages. An unwritten language, it has often been subject to erroneous, arbitrary, or politically motivated designation as a dialect.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bhaya at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon