| Jadgali | |
|---|---|
| Nummaṛī | |
 Jadgali in Arabic script, in the three names of the language, Jadgali (Baloch name) and Numari (Native name) | |
| Native to | Pakistan,Iran |
| Ethnicity | Jadgals[1] |
Native speakers | no reliable data (2008)[2] |
| Arabic script (Nastaʿlīq)[3] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jdg |
| Glottolog | jadg1238 |
 Zidgali is classified as "critically endangered" by theUNESCOAtlas of the World's Languages in Danger[4] | |
Jaḍgālī (also calledJatgali,Jatki,[5]Zadjali,Zidgali[4]) is anIndo-Aryan language spoken by theJadgal, an ethno-linguistic group[6] ofPakistan andIran also spoken by few hundreds inOman.[6] It is a dialect ofSindhi language most closely related toLasi.[7][8]
The majority of the Jadgali population is found in Pakistan, where a 2004 estimate placed it at 15,600,[9] and in Iran, where according to a 2008 estimate it is at least 25,000.[10] There are also immigrant communities inOman and theUnited Arab Emirates, where the Jadgal are known asaz-zighālī oraz-zijālī.[11] In Iran at least two varieties are spoken, which are reportedly not easilyintercomprehensible.[12]
The termJadgal is ofBalochi origin, but it is nowadays used by the Jadgal themselves, alongside their earlier endonymNummaṛ, which is the source of the language namesNummaṛī andNummaṛikī.[13]
Jadgali isunderdocumented. According toEmeneau, it is likely to have been the source of early Indo-Aryan influences on Balochi andBrahui and therefore studies of the language could help bring insights into the linguistic history of the area.[14]
In Iran, Jadgali is spoken in theDashtyari region in the south and south-east ofSistan and Balochistan Province, particularly inPullān,Pīr Suhrāb andBāhū Kalāt; all neighbouring communities areBalochi-speaking.[15] Most speakers of Jadgali ethnically self-identify as Jadgal,[16] fewer Jadgal claim to be of Baloch origin and to have changed their language because of interactions with their neighbours at the time when they were settled inLas Bela, a region at the eastern end of Balochistan. According to this story, they left their homeland after a defeat from the ruler ofSindh and then moved westward, eventually settling in Dashtyari during the reign ofShah Abbas.[17]
Balochi is the language of wider communication, all male adults are bilingual in it,[18] and it is more likely to be the one passed on to children in mixed marriages.[19] However, attitudes to Jadgali are positive and the language is vital.[20]Persian is used relatively often.[21] In addition to Balochi TV programmes, some people also watch Sindhi-language broadcasts from Pakistan.[22]
the Jadgal in Dashtyari and speakers of Lasi in Las Bela or by assuming that Jadgali is a separate Sindhi dialect.'
Jadgal people.........they are not aware of their origin. They consider themselves to be separate from the Baloch and call themselves Jadgal. Likewise, Baloch people also consider them to be a separate ethnic group