Jatki language

Jatki, Jadgali, and other related terms have sometimes been used to refer to one or another of the Indo-Aryan languages spoken in Balochistan and neighbouring parts of Sindh and Punjab.

• Jatki Lahnda pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒə.ʈə̆.kiː]) is a name of a dialect group of Western Punjabi. Jatki consists of the Jhangvi and Shahpuri. They are spoken in the broader Bar region, which includes the following districts: ,^[1] Sargodha, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad (western parts), Chiniot, Jhang, Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Layyah, Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal and Vehari.
• Jatki was used in 19th-century British sources for what would later be called Sindhi, as well as for Khetrani.^[2] Jaṭkī is also attested in local use in Balochistan as a name for these two languages as well as for Sindhi.^[3] Jataki was used by 19th-century British writer Richard Francis Burton for a variety of the Punjabi language.^[4]
• Jaḍgālī (Jadgali pronunciation: [dʒaɖɡaːliː]) is the common name for the Jadgali language spoken in Iranian Balochistan and western parts of Pakistani Balochistan.^[5] Related to the above are Jagdālī (جگدالی),^[6] and Jaghdali,^[7] in use among the Balochi speakers of Dera Ghazi Khan District of southwestern Punjab for the Punjabi variety spoken there. The Arabic terms az-Zighālī and az-Zijālī refer to speakers of the Jadgali language in the diaspora in Oman and the United Arab Emirates.^[8]