# Nawayathi language

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{{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](/source/India)
| ethnicity        = [Nawayath](/source/Nawayath)s
| region           = [Bhatkal](/source/Bhatkal)
| familycolor      = Indo-European
| fam2             = [Indo-Iranian](/source/Indo-Iranian_languages)
| fam3             = [Indo-Aryan](/source/Indo-Aryan_languages)
| fam4             = [Southern Zone](/source/Southern_Indo-Aryan_languages)
| fam5             = [Marathi–Konkani](/source/Marathi%E2%80%93Konkani_languages)
| script           = [Persian](/source/Persian_alphabet)
| iso3             = none
| glotto           = none
}}

'''Nawayathi''', also spelled '''Nawayati''', is a language similar to [Konkani](/source/Konkani_language) spoken by [Nawayath](/source/Nawayath)s of the southwestern coast of [India](/source/India). It is an amalgam of [Persian](/source/Persian_language), [Arabic](/source/Arabic) and [Marathi](/source/Marathi_language), with [Konkani](/source/Konkani_language) 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>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Konkani language topics}}
{{Indo-Aryan languages}}

Category:Languages of India
Category:Konkani
Category:Southern Indo-Aryan languages

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