Saurashtra language

Spoken in

  • Indo-European languages Indo-Iranian languages Indo-Aryan languages Saurashtri

Saurashtri (also Saurashtra, Sourashtra ) is an Indo-Aryan language that is spoken in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Saurashtri belongs to the Indo-Aryan family of languages ​​, and thus forms a linguistic island in the otherwise Dravidian South India. The next of kin of the Saurashtri is the Gujarati spoken in north-western India. The approximately 300,000 speakers of Saurashtri are members of the weaver caste of Patnulkarar that is scattered across various cities of Tamil Nadu. The largest saurashtrisprachigen communities live in Madurai, Thanjavur and Salem. The members of the minority saurashtrisprachigen are bilingual: you use at home and in public Saurashtri the majority language Tamil.

Actually for the Saurashtri is sometimes its own font, font Saurashtri, sometimes uses a modified version of the Tamil script.

Language family Dravidian languages Salem, Tamil Nadu Tamil language
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