[4] It is considered an endangered language because a portion of the Lawatiya do not speak Luwati, and it is not continuously passed down to younger generations.

[citation needed] Luwati also bears similarities to other languages such as Sindhi, Gujarati, Hindustani and Persian.

The Luwatis entered Muscat as prosperous merchants and insularized themselves, for the most part, in Sūr al-Luwātiyya in Muttrah, preserving their language.

[7] Luwati is a minority language found in Oman specifically in the capital of Muscat as well as in the coastal towns of Saham, Barka, Khabura, and Musana.

[citation needed] Luwati phonology is simpler than that of Sindhi, having lost the breathy-voiced consonants and simplified the vowel system.