Language
Saurashtra (alternate names and spellings: Sourashtra, Sowrashtra, pattunulkaarar, Palkar, Saurashtri) is also the name of an Indo-Aryan language of Kathiawar-Saurashtra. Though Saurashtra Language is not spoken in the region now, people of this region who migrated to Southern India- especially Tamil Nadu (Ambur, Madurai, Paramakudi, Salem, Tanjore, Trichy, Namakkal, Kanchipuram, walajapet, Arani, chennai,palayamkottai, Kumbakonam, and Andhra Pradesh- still preserve and speak the language. The script of this language is derived from the Devanagari Script and shares similarities with modern day Gujarati.
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