Jadgal people

Jadgal
Nummaṛ
نماڑ
الزيغآلي
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan100,000
 Iran25,000
Languages
Jadgali and Balochi (Makrani dialect)[1]
Religion
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Sindhis[2]

The Jaḍgāl (lit.'Jaṭṭ-speakers';[3] also known as, Jatgal,[4] Nummaṛ or az-Zighālī) is an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group which speaks the Jadgali language.[5] Jadgals are present in the Balochistan region of Iran and Pakistan, as well as in Oman.[6]

  1. ^ Butt, Allah Rakhio (August 15, 1998). Papers on Sindhi Language & Linguistics. Institute of Sindhology, University of Sindh. p. 306. ISBN 9789694050508 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Adamec-1976 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Brian J. Spooner; Jim G. Shaffer; Josef Elfenbein; Moḥammad-Taqī Masʿūdīya; Siawosch Azadi (23 March 2022). "BALUCHISTAN". Brill referenceworks. Brill. doi:10.1163/2330-4804_eiro_com_6516.
  4. ^ Field, Henry (1959). "An Anthropological Reconnaissance in West Pakistan, 1955". Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. 52. Cambridge: Harvard University: 49.
  5. ^ Jahani, Carina; Korn, Agnes; Gren-Eklund, Gunilla (2003). The Baloch and Their Neighbours: Ethnic and Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times. Reichert. p. 172. ISBN 978-3-89500-366-0.
  6. ^ "Pakistan Economist". October 1975.