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Dhatki (धक्ती; ڌڪتي), also known as Dhati (धत्ती; ڌتّي) or Thari (थारी; ٿَري), is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.〔http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=mki〕 It is most closely related to Marwari. ==Speakers== Dhatki/Dhati is spoken in western parts of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts of Rajasthan in India and eastern parts of Sindh province of Pakistan by about 2,000,000 people in all. Some Dhatki-speaking communities migrated to India in 1947 after the independence and continued to do so in small numbers after that date, but the great majority of Dhatki speakers still reside in Pakistan. Dhatki/Dhati is spoken by these Communities: * Pushkarna Brahmin or Dhati Pushkarna Brahmin Mostly Settled in Khairthal/Barmer * Thari Maheshwaris * Charan * Sodha * Khatri * Malhi * Suthar * Hindu Bajeer * Sonara * Meghwal * Bhil The majority speakers of Dhatki language live in Umerkot District and Tharparkar District in Sindh, Pakistan. 65% of the language's speakers are Hindu, 30% are Muslim and the remaining 5% practice traditional desert religions (often folk variations of Vedic Hinduism religion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dhatki language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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