Sansi

Sansi is an Indo-European language spoken in India and Pakistan. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Sansi · 28.7°N 72.7°E

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. 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.

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Words in Sansi

Meaning	Word	Romanization
name	nautha*
skin	bellar*
breast	karoli*
water	Tai*
fire	piNgi*
night	lali*
dog	bhukal*
louse	tandli*
two	dhor*
I	hau*
you	tam*
drink	tohgna*
see	naukhna*
die	dugna*
come	asarna*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Saraiki Marwari (Pakistan)Merwari Western Panjabi Wadiyara Koli Khetrani Marwari (India)Shekhawati Dhatki Eastern Panjabi

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