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'''Sidi''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Siddi community of India, and Pakistan |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/the-siddi-people-of-india-and-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=African American Registry |language=en}}</ref> related to [[Swahili language|Swahili]]. Most of the Sidi community today speaks a regional Indic language, mostly [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], mixed with some Bantu words and phrases,<ref name=":0">{{Cite Q|Q125346812}}</ref> and the current number of speakers is unknown. It was reportedly still spoken in the 1960s in [[Jambur, Gujarat|Jambur]], a village in [[Kathiawar]], Gujarat, by the [[Siddi]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Whiteley, 1969, ''Swahili: The Rise of a National Language''</ref> A survey of regional languages conducted by the government of Gujarat in 2016 reported that the language is in danger of extinction.<ref name="times16">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/gujarat-speaks-in-50-languages-30-dialects-disappeared-from-state-since-1961/articleshow/52426442.cms|title=Gujarat speaks in 50 languages, 30 dialects disappeared from state since 1961|newspaper=The Times of India|date=2016-05-25|access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref>
'''Sidi''' is a [[Bantu language]] of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Siddi community of India, and Pakistan |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/the-siddi-people-of-india-and-pakistan/ |access-date=2022-10-15 |website=African American Registry |language=en}}</ref> related to [[Swahili language|Swahili]]. Most of the Sidi community today speaks a regional Indic language, mostly [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], mixed with some Bantu words and phrases,<ref name=":0">{{Cite Q|Q125346812|title=TADIA, the African diaspora in Asia: explorations on a less known fact|chapter=Linguistic evidence of Bantu origins of the Sidis of India}}</ref> and the current number of speakers is unknown. It was reportedly still spoken in the 1960s in [[Jambur, Gujarat|Jambur]], a village in [[Kathiawar]], Gujarat, by the [[Siddi]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>Whiteley, 1969, ''Swahili: The Rise of a National Language''</ref> A survey of regional languages conducted by the government of Gujarat in 2016 reported that the language is in danger of extinction.<ref name="times16">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/gujarat-speaks-in-50-languages-30-dialects-disappeared-from-state-since-1961/articleshow/52426442.cms|title=Gujarat speaks in 50 languages, 30 dialects disappeared from state since 1961|newspaper=The Times of India|date=2016-05-25|access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:02, 5 April 2024

Sidi
Native toPakistan, India
RegionSindh, Gujarat
EthnicitySiddi
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
G.404[1]

Sidi is a Bantu language of Pakistan and India,[2] related to Swahili. Most of the Sidi community today speaks a regional Indic language, mostly Gujarati, mixed with some Bantu words and phrases,[3] and the current number of speakers is unknown. It was reportedly still spoken in the 1960s in Jambur, a village in Kathiawar, Gujarat, by the Siddi.[3][4] A survey of regional languages conducted by the government of Gujarat in 2016 reported that the language is in danger of extinction.[5]

References

  1. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  2. ^ "The Siddi community of India, and Pakistan". African American Registry. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  3. ^ a b Abdulaziz Yusuf Lodhi (2008), "Linguistic evidence of Bantu origins of the Sidis of India", TADIA, the African diaspora in Asia: explorations on a less known fact, pp. 301–314, Wikidata Q125346812
  4. ^ Whiteley, 1969, Swahili: The Rise of a National Language
  5. ^ "Gujarat speaks in 50 languages, 30 dialects disappeared from state since 1961". The Times of India. 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2023-09-11.


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