Sansi language

Sansi
Sansi
प्रतिबंध, پابندیاں.
Native to	India, Pakistan
Region	Rajasthan
Ethnicity	Sansi
Native speakers	(80,000 cited 2000–2002)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Western Hindi Sansi; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	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 of the Indian subcontinent.

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.

References

Gusain, Lakhan (December 2002). "Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli". Language in India. Retrieved 29 December 2006.

Sansi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kabutra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Language in India: Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli

[e18-1] 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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