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Afridi
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Awan
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Baloch
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Brahui
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Kashmiri
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Muhajir
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Parsi
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Sansi Bhil
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| Muhajir | |
| Indigenous Group |
Muhajir
(Also
known as: Mohajir)
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| Location |
Pakistan, Sindh and Punjab Provinces, Karachi,
Hyderabad, Lahore, Multan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sukkur, Nawashah,
Bahawalpur, Mirpur Khas
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| Estimated Population |
10,719,000 (1993,
SIL International) |
| Environment |
Urban
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| Lifestyle |
Sedentary
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| Subsistence |
Commerce / Trade
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| Level of Assimilation |
Assimilated
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| Language Family |
Urdu
Classification:
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central
Zone, Western Hindi, Hindustani
Alternate Names:Islami,
Undri, Urudu
Dialects: Intelligible with
Hindi, but has formal vocabulary borrowed from Arabic and Persian. Dakhini is
freer of Persian and Arabic loans than Urdu. Rekhta is a form of Urdu used in
poetry.
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| Website URLs |
Ethnologue - Urdu, a language of Pakistan
Wikipedia - Muhajir Urdu
Armed Conflict Events Data - Sindhi-Mujahir Violence In Pakistan 1984-1992
Partition, Migration and Political Development in Pakistan
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| NGOs |
Refugees
International
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