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 (جٹکی, 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, Okara, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar (northeastern parts) and Vehari (northeastern parts).

The Glottolog codes for the dialects of Jatki (Western Punjabi) are:

• Jatki (Western Punjabi): jatki1238^[2]
• Jhangvi: jang1253^[3]
• Shahpuri: shah1266^[4]
• Jatki was used in 19th-century British sources for what would later be called Sindhi, as well as for Khetrani.^[5] Jaṭkī is also attested in local use in Balochistan as a name for these two languages as well as for Sindhi.^[6] Jataki was used by 19th-century British writer Richard Francis Burton for a variety of the Punjabi language.^[7]
• Jakati is a possibly spurious name used in the Ethnologue encyclopedia for either a Romani (Gypsies) variety of Ukraine, or for the Inku language of Afghanistan.^[8]
• Jaḍgālī (Jadgali pronunciation: [dʒaɖɡaːliː]) is the common name for the Jadgali language spoken in Iranian Balochistan and western parts of Pakistani Balochistan.^[9] Related to the above are Jagdālī (جگدالی),^[10] and Jaghdali,^[11] 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.^[12]

Jatki/Jātki: are two small distinct dialects of Sindhi language, one is spoken by Sindhi Jats of southern Sindh. The other is spoken by some northern Sindhi Jats, which is also spoken in Balochistan province.^[13]