Memoni language
| Memoni | |
|---|---|
| ميمنی, મેમોની | |
| Native to | India, Pakistan |
| Region | Kathiawar (Gujarat), Sindh |
| Ethnicity | Memon people |
Native speakers | 2-3 Million (2024) |
| Arabic script, Gujarati script, Nastaliq script, Roman Memon | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mby |
| Glottolog | memo1238 |
Memoni (ميمني, મેમોની) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by Memons, from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat, India. Memoni is also spoken by some other communities from Kathiawad (Khatri, Kathiwadi) use Memoni as their mother tongue. Memoni is considered as a dialect of Sindhi language by some scholars.
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