Saurashtra ( saur. ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ ; English. Saurashtra ) - Indo-Aryan language , spoken in southern India. The number of carriers is about 185 thousand ( 2001 ). The written language used is Saurashtra , while the main form of the existence of the language is oral.
| Saurashtra | |
|---|---|
| Self name | ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ |
| Country | India |
| Total number of speakers | 185,420 people |
| Classification | |
Indo-European family
| |
| Writing | Saurashtra |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | saz |
| Ethnologue | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
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