History
The true origin of the language is still debated among the historians of the regions. However, it is common to believe that memoni language actually originated as a dialect of Sindhi language. Within the language itself, there are currently many different dialects, some having more influence of one language, and others having that of others. The language has not been organized greatly, hence, neither having its alphabetical system of reading and writing, nor having its literature and dictionary. This is one of the reasons the disorientation among the speakers themselves for deciding which words are better for what, as there is a wide variety of vocabulary available to
The Memon community is generally divided into three major subgroups:Kathiawadi Memons, Sindhi Memons (who speak the Sindhi language) and Kutchi Memons (who speak Kutchi) The first category (memons originating in Kathiwar) are simply called Memons, and they speak the Memon language, the subject of this article. These people are mostly Muslims (and mosly Sunni, Hanafi), who migrated from Sindh to Kathiwar several centuries ago. Sindhi and Kutchi are spoken by both Muslims and non-Muslims, in contrast to the Memon language, which is exclusively spoken by Memons of Kathiwadi origin, who are almost entirely Muslim..
In stress, intonation, and everyday speech, Memoni is very similar to Sindhi, but it borrowes extensively from Gujarati, Hindustani and lately English. Like most languages of the Indian subcontinent the sentence structure of Memoni generally follows subject–object–verb order. In Pakistan, Memoni has adopted many Urdu words and phrases. Even between different villages of Kathiwar, variations arose. For example, in Ranavav, the word for sugar is khand, while in Jodiya, it is chinni.
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