Kutchi History

Kachhi is related to Sindhi, spoken in neighboring Sindh, Pakistan and parts of India, and Gujarati, because the Kutch District is geographically between Sindh and Gujarat.
Kachhi is often thought to be a mixture of Sindhi, Gujarati and Rajasthani. Its lexical content shows the very large extent to which the language is a complex combination of Sindhi and Gujarati. It is likely that such linguistic similarities are the result of migrations over the centuries across the desert stretching from present-day Sindh to Saurashtra and Kutchh to the east, and Rajasthan.
Most Kachhis living in India are bilingual or trilingual, due to exposure to closely-related neighbouring languages such as Gujarati. Many Pakistanis are also bilingual or trilingual; many residents of Karachi speak Kutchi. Kutchi can not be written in Urdu script but it can be written in Sindhi or Gujarati scripts.
In addition, Kutchi is also understood by speakers of the Memoni dialect, spoken by individual belonging to the Memoni ethnicity within Pakistan and India, so much so that they could have an entire conversation with only a few words of difference.

Basic Kutchi Wording

Kan - which

Koro - કોરો - what

Barobar - ભરોભર - Ok

Saro - લાટ - nice

Khapey - ખપે - want

Mukay dE - મુકે ડે - give (it to) me

Jaga - જગા - place

BhOOkh -ભોખ - hunger

Kadaa - કડા - where

acho- હલ્યા - welcome

Maaru - માડુ - man

Chhokro - છોરો - boy

Naam - નાલો - name

Kutoo - કોત્તો- dog

Minnee - મન્ની - cat

Undar - અંદર - mouse

Udha - અંદર - there

Achi ja - અચીજા - goodbye

Sanjo kenjo - ચોવિયાર - dinner before sunset

Kii aiyo - કિં અહિયે - how are you?

Paan-jo - પાંજો - our

Gaal-yu - ગાલ્યું - talk (as in 'Talk is cheap')

Dil - ધીલ - heart

mujjo/munjoo - my

tojo - your

paanjo - our

maylo - dirty

Khaali - ખાલી - empty

kear - કેર - who

maani - માની - Chapati

katra - કતરા - how much

khabar - ખબર - news

tamacho - slap

gando - crazy

sachi - really

malyo - got/acquired

poi/pachi - later

thik aai/barobar aai - it is fine

rakh - keep it

dayyo - well behaved

magaj - mind

koro aai: What is....

khano aai - want to eat

 

Famous Kutchi speakers

• Great Revolutionary,Freedom Fighter and founder of non cooperation movement Pandit Shyamji Krishna Verma
• Fahmida Mirza, first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
• Famous music duo Kalyanjibhai Anandjibhai
• Bollywood Choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant
• Disco Dandia founder Babla
• Music director Viju Shah
• Keshav Dutia
• Bollywood Director and Producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah
• Child Model Hajra Nabila Karbani

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