Aer language

Aer
Aer
آیر
Region	Sindh, Pakistan
Native speakers	(100 cited 1998)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Indo-Aryan Gujarati Aer; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Jikrio Goth; Jamesabad;
Writing system	Arabic script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aeq
Glottolog	aerr1238
ELP	Aer

Aer (/ˈaɪər/ YRE) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 100 people in Sindh, Pakistan and Gujarat, India.^[1] It is one of the smallest languages of Pakistan in terms of number of speakers,^[2]^[3] and is spoken in rural areas of Sindh including Hyderabad, Kot Ghulam Muhammad, and Kunri. Some speakers are also reported to be living in Shaheed Benazirabad, but they have a different culture.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Aer at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Torwali, Zubair (28 July 2015). "Saving local languages". The News International. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Arshad, Muhammad (2021-09-06). "How Many Languages Are Spoken In Pakistan". Economy.pk. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ Parekh, Rauf (2018-01-02). "Some endangered Pakistani languages". Dawn. Retrieved 2022-08-31.