Memoni language

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Memoni
ميمنی, મેમોની
'Memoni' written in Urdu Nastaliq script, Sindhi Naskh script, Gujarati script, and Roman script.
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Kathiawar (Gujarat), Sindh
Ethnicity	Memon people
Native speakers	2-3 Million (2024)[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Sindhic Memoni
Writing system	Arabic script, Gujarati script, Nastaliq script, Roman Memon[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mby
Glottolog	memo1238

Memoni (ميموني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Memons, from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India. Memon from Okha Port (Okhai Memon), Kutch (Kutchi Memon) and some other communities from Kathiawad (Khatri, Kathiwadi) also use Memoni at their homes.

The Kathiawari Memons are a sub-group of the Memon people, a Muslim community in India and Pakistan. After the partition of India in 1947, Memons of the Kathiawar region migrated to neighboring states, cities and towns within India, but a large number of Memons settled in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, as well as the United States and Canada. Kathiawadi Memon can be divided in to sub group according to their former towns in district Kathiawad of Gujarat, India. Namely; 01. Bantva 02. Kutiyanah 03. Dhoraji 04. Jetpur 05. Gondal 06. Vanthli 07. Veraval 08. Jamnagar 09. Junagadh 10. Porbandar 11. Halari 12. Upleta