Kholosi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in two villages in southern Iran that was first described in 2008.^[2] At its current status, the language is considered endangered. In 2008, it was only spoken in the neighboring villages of Kholus and Gotav. As it is located on the Iranian Plateau and surrounded by Iranian languages, it draws heavily from them.^[2]

Wiktionary has a category on Kholosi language.

Kholosi is definitively known to be an Indo-Aryan language albeit with significant lexical borrowing from Iranian languages given its geographical location. At the lexical level, it seems to share vocabulary largely with the Sindhi languages,^[2] which are the source of other Indo-Aryan migrations to the Middle East such as Luwati in Oman.

While no published phonology has been found on Kholosi, the following phonology has been constructed from examples provided in the sources below.^[2][3][1]

Kholosi also contains the diphthongs /ɑi, ɑw, ow/ and possibly others.

Note*: The phonemes marked with an asterisk are assumed based on the structure of the attested phonemes.

Anonby and Bahmani (2013)^[2] made some brief notes on Kholosi grammar, but so far no grammatical sketch nor a full grammar of the language has been documented.

Kholosi has roughly twice the number of Indo-Aryan terms in its basic lexicon than Iranian borrowings. The primary source of Iranian borrowings is Persian, but Larestani and Bandari (in the same geographical area) also appear to have contributed vocabulary.^[2]

A high degree of similarity with Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Aryan vocabulary in Kholosi

Kholosi Indo-Iranian vocabulary aligned with Indo-Aryan sound changes

A significant proportion of structures shared with neighbouring Iranian languages

Iranian vocabulary in Kholosi

Words illustrating the local character of Iranian vocabulary in Kholosi

Lack of contrastive aspiration on stops in Kholosi^{[dubious – discuss]}

A full fricative series in Kholosi

Lack of an implosive series in Kholosi

Complex predicates in Kholosi

Distinctive structures in Kholosi

Distinctive Kholosi vocabulary