Sansi language

Endangered Indo-Aryan language of India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 of the Indian subcontinent.

NativetoIndia, Pakistan
RegionRajasthan
EthnicitySansi
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 2000–2002)[1]
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Sansi
प्रतिबंध, پابندیاں.
Native toIndia, Pakistan
RegionRajasthan
EthnicitySansi
Native speakers
(80,000 cited 2000–2002)[1]
Devanagari, Perso-Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
ssi  Sansi
kbu  Kabutra
Glottologsans1271  Sansi
kabu1254  Kabutra
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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]

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