Jafaraki language

Jafaraki is a spoken language in the Musakhel District of Balochistan province of Pakistan.[1] Its intelligibility with Dogri is 80%.[2]

The language Jafaraki mixed vocabulary borrowed mainly from languages like Urdu, Khetrani, Sindhi, Hindi, Saraiki, Turkish, Persian, Pashto, Jatki, Balochi, Punjabi, and Hindko. The language is purported to have originated from the interaction of Sanskrit, which was once spoken in the area, with Pashto. Many of the old place names still in use in Jafaraki are derived from Sanskrit.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baloch, Hazar Khan (2021-04-25). "بلوچستان کی ایک منفرد زبان 'جعفرکی' جس کا کہیں کوئی ریکارڈ نہیں" [Jāfaraki is a unique language spoken in Balochistan, with no known official documentation or recorded linguistic data]. Independent Urdu (in Urdu). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  2. ↑ "Saraiki: Jafri language".


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