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The five major dialects of Sindhi are Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari, and Kachhi. Four dialects are spoken within the borders of Sindh itself. Siraiki, in Upper Sindh, is not to be confused with the Punjabi language of the same name. Vicholi, considered the standard dialect, is spoken in central Sindh, while Lari is the dialect in southern Sindh. Lasi is spoken on the western frontier of Sindh and in Balochistan. The Sindhi spoken in the Thar desert of the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is called Thari. In Gujarat, Kachhi is spoken along the Rann of Kutch and in the Kathiawar peninsula.
- ↑ Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1851). Sindh, and the Races that Inhabit the Valley of the Indus with Notices of the Topography and History of the Province. Wm. H. Allen. p. 70.
- ↑ "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ One thousand languages : living, endangered, and lost. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-520-25560-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ "Sindhi: Thareli language". globalrecordings.net. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
- ↑ "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. p. 109. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
The dividing line between Thareli Sindhi and Thaļi runs about ten miles to the west of the town Jaisalmer.
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