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Thanks for mail. The name is Guvarki, Gwarki, or Gwaria oe Goaria. It is a dialect of Rajasthani and comes under the heading of Marwari--alongwith Dhatki, and Loarki. More deatils are here:<BR>
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<A href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=gig">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=gig</A><BR>
<BR>Few years back, when I worked on Marwari, I conducted an extensive fieldwork of Gwarki speaking informants and found that Gwarki has some 80% lexical similarity with Marwari and Bagri dialects od Rajasthani.<BR>
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For a history of Labana Sikhs, please check here: <A href="http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Labana">http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Labana</A><BR>
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In Rajasthan, Labana are found in Ganganagar and Hanumangarh districts (Adjoing Punjab state).<BR>
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I hope it works...<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Lakhan<BR><BR>
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