Sansi language

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Sansi
प्रतिबंध, پابندیاں.
Native to India, Pakistan
Region Rajasthan
Ethnicity Sansi
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 2000–2002) [1]
Devanagari, Perso-Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
ssi   Sansi
kbu   Kabutra
Glottolog sans1271   Sansi
kabu1254   Kabutra

The Sansi language, Sansiboli, or Bhilki, is a highly endangered Indo-Aryan language of the Central group. The language is spoken by the nomadic Sansi people.

Ethnologue sees it as part of Western Hindi. [1] Some sources also mention it as a dialect of the Rajasthani language. [2] Glottolog links it to Punjabi. Kabutra, spoken by a thousand people in Pakistan, is mutually intelligible.[ citation needed ]

References

  • Gusain, Lakhan (December 2002). "Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli". Language in India. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
  1. 1 2 Sansi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kabutra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Language in India: Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli