Aer language
| Aer | |
|---|---|
| آیر[1] | |
 | |
| Region | Sindh, Pakistan |
| Ethnicity | 330 in Deh area (no date)[2] |
Native speakers | (100–200 in Pakistan cited 1998)[2] |
| Arabic script[4] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aeq |
| Glottolog | aerr1238 |
| ELP | Aer |
Aer is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by 300 people in Sindh, Pakistan.
Classification
Aer has been classified as one of the Gujarati languages. Ethnologue reports that the closest language is Kachi Koli,[5] and that most Aer speakers are bilingual in Sindhi.
According to Ethnologue, the two varieties of Aer are Jikrio Goth Aer and Jamesabad Aer.[6]
Alphabet
Aer is commonly not written, but when it is, it is written in a variety of the Arabic script.[7]
| Letter | Name of Letter | Transcription | IPA |
|---|---|---|---|
| ا | alif | a | /a/ |
| ب | be | b | /b/ |
| پ | pe | p | /p/ |
| ت | te | t | /t/ |
| ٹ | ṭe | ṭ | /ʈ/ |
| ث | se | (s) | /s/ |
| ج | jīm | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
| چ | če | č | /t͡ʃ/ |
| ح | he | (h) | /h/ |
| خ | khe | kh | /kʱ/ |
| د | dāl | d | /d/ |
| ڈ | ḍāl | ḍ | /ɖ/ |
| ۮ | ɗāl | ɗ | /ɗ/ |
| ذ | zāl | (z) | /z/ |
| ر | re | r | /r/ |
| ڑ | ṛe | ṛ | /ɽ/ |
| ز | ɭe | ɭ | /ɭ/ |
| ز | ze | z | /z/ |
| ژ | je | j | /d͡ʒ/ |
| س | sīn | s | /s/ |
| ش | šīn | š | /ʃ/ |
| ص | swād | (s) | /s/ |
| ض | zwād | (z) | /z/ |
| ط | to'e | (t) | /t/ |
| ظ | zo'e | (z) | /z/ |
| ع | ‘ayn | ʿ | /ʔ/ |
| غ | ghayn | gh | /gʱ/ |
| ف | fe | f | /f/ |
| ق | kāf | k | /k/ |
| ک | kāf | k | /k/ |
| گ | gāf | g | /g/ |
| ل | lām | l | /l/ |
| م | mīm | m | /m/ |
| ن | nūn | n | /n/ |
| ݨ | ṇūn | ṇ | /ɳ/ |
| ں | ˜ | ˜ | /˜/ |
| و | waw | w | /w/ |
| ہ | he | h | /h/ |
| ھ | _he | _h | /ʰ/ |
| ۿ | ɦ | ɦ | /ɦ/ |
| ء | hamza | ʿ | /ʔ/ |
| ی | ye | y | /j/, /i/ |
| ے | ye | e, ē | /ɛ/ |
References
- ^ https://www.express.pk/story/1620848/1
- ^ a b Aer at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ Aer language at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
- ^ "Aer language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)". Ethnologue.
- ^ Aer language[dead link] at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
- ^ "Aer" Catalogue of Endangered Languages. 2020. University of Hawaii at Manoa. Apr. 29, 2020 http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/3596
- ^ https://www.scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=entry_detail&uid=dy2kh5uv3e
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