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Ghera language

Ghera, also known as Bara, is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan. It is spoken by around 10,000 people in a single area within the city of Hyderabad. It belongs to the Western Hindi language group. It shares 87% of its basic vocabulary with the Gurgula language, but in its grammar it is substantially different.

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Ghera
Native toPakistan
RegionHyderabad, Sindh
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1998)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3ghr
Glottologgher1238

Ghera, also known as Bara, is an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan. It is spoken by around 10,000 people in a single area within the city of Hyderabad. It belongs to the Western Hindi language group. It shares 87% of its basic vocabulary with the Gurgula language, but in its grammar it is substantially different.1

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  1. Ghera at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon