Nawayathi language

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language in India}}

{{See also|Canara Konkani}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}

{{More citations needed|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Nawayathi

| altname = Nawayati

| states = India

| ethnicity = Nawayaths

| region = Bhatkal

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Southern Zone

| fam5 = Marathi–Konkani

| script = Persian

| iso3 = none

| glotto = none

}}

Nawayathi, also spelled Nawayati, is a language similar to Konkani spoken by Nawayaths of the southwestern coast of India. It is an amalgam of Persian, Arabic and Marathi, with Konkani as its base.{{cite news|url=https://twocircles.net/2017jun24/411956.html |title=Connecting Konkan with Arabia via Iran: The history of Nawayathi, the language of Bhatkali Muslims |date=24 June 2017 |work=Two Circles |access-date=15 April 2021}} The Nawayathi language uses Persian script for writing. "Persian script" was being used to write by the Nawayathis long before the Urdu language came into existence.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}