Thareli

{{Short description|Sindhi dialect of the Thar Desert}}

Thareli (also known as Tharechi) is a dialect of the Sindhi language spoken in the northeastern region of the Thar Desert in Sindh.{{cite book |title=Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics; Volume 1 |date=2017 |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |location=Berlin/Boston |isbn=9783110393248 |page=433 |quote=The five major dialects of Sindhi are Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari, and Kachhi. Four dialects are spoken within the borders of Sindh itself. Siraiki, in Upper Sindh, is not to be confused with the Punjabi language of the same name. Vicholi, considered the standard dialect, is spoken in central Sindh, while Lari is the dialect in southern Sindh. Lasi is spoken on the western frontier of Sindh and in Balochistan. The Sindhi spoken in the Thar Desert of the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is called Thari. In Gujarat, Kachhi is spoken along the Rann of Kutch and in the Kathiawar peninsula.}}{{cite book |last=Burton |first=Richard Francis |title=Sindh, and the Races that Inhabit the Valley of the Indus: With Notices of the Topography and History of the Province |date=1851 |publisher=Wm. H. Allen |pages=70 |language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Spef1PMntysC&dq=sindhi+tribes&pg=PP14 }}

It is primarily spoken in the western part of the Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, India, by Sindhi Muslim communities such as the Sindhi Sipahi, Langha, and Manganiar. In the eastern part of the district, the Thali dialect of the Marwari language is spoken, while the Dhatki language is spoken to the south.{{cite web |title=Linguistic Survey of India |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/lsi/lsi.php?volume=8-1&pages=600#page/1/mode/1up |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=DSAL}}{{cite book |title=One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost |date=2008 |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-25560-9 |url=http://archive.org/details/onethousandlangu0000unse }}{{cite web |title=Sindhi: Thareli language |url=https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/16744 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Global Recordings Network}}

The boundary between the Thareli- and Thali-speaking regions is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of the city of Jaisalmer.{{cite web |title=Linguistic Survey of India |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/lsi/lsi.php?volume=9-2&pages=494#page/122/mode/1up |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=DSAL |page=109 |quote=The dividing line between Thareli Sindhi and Thaļi runs about ten miles to the west of the town Jaisalmer.}}