{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox language | name = Nawayathi | altname = نوائطی | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The Nawayathi language uses Persian script for writing.
==Proposed Inclusion of Nawayathi Script in Unicode== thumb|4 forms of three new letters in Nawayathi script, Top character which sounds between {{IPA link|t͡ʃ}} and {{IPA link|s}}, Middle character which sounds {{IPA link|ɳ}} and Bottom character which sounds {{IPA link|ɭ}}.|class=skin-invert In 2019, initiatives were undertaken to preserve the Nawayathi language and prevent its extinction through the inclusion of three additional characters in the Nawayathi script. A prototype keyboard incorporating these characters was also introduced to the public to facilitate digital use and promote the language's vitality.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anjana |first1=Vaswani |title=Hope for Nawayathi |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/hope-for-nawayathi/articleshow/67402293.html |work=Mumbai Mirror |language=en}}</ref>
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Category:Languages of India Category:Konkani Category:Southern Indo-Aryan languages