Memoni language

Memoni language shares vocabulary with Sindhi, Kutchi and Gujarati languages, some scholars consider Memoni to be a dialect of Sindhi language. It has several different dialects and accents due to the influence of other languages in areas of settlement. Haji Mohammed Husein Abdel Kareem Nagani spent 40 years inventing a Memoni alphabet in order to bring the Memoni language up to the standard of other major languages in the world.{{Cite web |last=Mussarat Khalil |first=Syed |date=25 May 2016 |title=MWS honors inventor of Memon language alphabets |url=http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/155700/MWS-honors-inventor-of-Memon-language-alphabets |website=Saudi Gazette}}

The Memon community is generally divided into three major subgroups, Kathiawari Memons, who originated in the Kathiawar region (who speak Memoni), Sindhi Memons (who speak Sindhi) and Kutchi Memons (who speak Kutchi). The Memon people from Kathiawar were Muslims who followed Hanafi Islam.

Sindhi and Kutchi are spoken by both Muslims and non-Muslims, in contrast to the Memoni language, which is exclusively spoken by Memons of Kathiawar origin, who are entirely Muslims.

In grammar, stress, intonation, Phonetic features and everyday speech, Memoni is very similar to Sindhi or Kutchi, but it borrows vocabulary extensively from Gujarati, Hindustani and Arabic. Like most languages of the Indian subcontinent, the sentence structure of Memoni generally follows subject–object–verb order.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130112230337/http://www.as-sidq.org/memoni/ Memoni Language Project]}} Especially in Pakistan, Memoni language has adopted many Urdu words and phrases. Even between different villages of Kathiawar, variations have arisen.

Most nouns have a grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine, and often have singular and plural forms. Vast majorities of nouns have been borrowed from Hindustani (umbrella term for Urdu and Hindi), and English vocabulary is extensively used.

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There is no equivalent for the definite article the, and the indefinite article a is further inflected as masculine or feminine with its object.

The second person nominative pronoun 'you' is expressed two different ways: the polite form {{Transliteration|mby|aaen}} (cognate with {{Transliteration|sd|avheen}} in standard Sindhi), generally used for respected strangers, the elderly, parents and older relatives, and the familiar form {{Transliteration|mby|tu}}, used among close friends and when addressing subordinates. The accusative, possessive and reflexive pronouns are often inflected for masculine and feminine and their gender must agree with their referents.

{{See also|b:Urdu:Pronouns|l1=Urdu pronouns}}

In most Indic languages regarding the third person such as, he, she, it and they and the demonstrative pronouns this, these, that, those, the same pronouns are used. They are divided into two categories, one for a near object or person and the other for a far object or person.

No significant differences are made among the object, possessive and reflexive pronouns. In addition these pronouns are further inflected for masculine and feminine and must agree with the object (noun, pronouns, adjective and adverbs).

Verbs are generally conjugated according to person, number, tense, aspect, mood and voice. They may also agree with the person gender, and/or number of some of their other arguments, including the object. The verb generally appears at the end of the sentence.

Like English, the position of the adjectives nearly always appears immediately before the noun and they are modified and often inflected for masculine and feminine and must agree with the noun that follows. The proposition generally comes after a noun or a verb.

In the past{{When|date=December 2022}} there have been some attempts to write the Memoni dialect using the Gujarati, and later, Urdu, scripts with little success. Some attempts have been made to write Memoni using the Latin script.

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