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Endangered Indo-Aryan language of India

Sansi
प्रतिबंध, پابندیاں.
Native toIndia, Pakistan
RegionRajasthan
EthnicitySansi
Native speakers
80,000 (2000–2002)
Devanagari, Perso-Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ssi – Sansi
kbu – Kabutra
Glottologsans1271  Sansi
kabu1254  Kabutra

The Sansi language, Sansiboli,/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 a Hindustani language (Western Hindi). Some sources also mention it as a dialect of the Rajasthani language. Glottolog links it——to Punjabi. Kabutra, spoken by a thousand people in Pakistan, "is mutually intelligible."

References

  1. ^ 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
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