Sansiboli

Infobox Language
name=Sansiboli
nativename=
familycolor=Indo-European
caption=
states=India
region=Rajasthan
speakers=ca. 60,000 (2002)
fam2=Indo-Iranian
fam3=Indo-Aryan
fam4=Central zone
fam5=Western Hindi
script=
iso1=|iso2=|iso3=ssi

Sansiboli, Sansi or 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) [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ssi Ethnologue.com: Ethnologue report for Sansi] ] . Some sources also mention it as a dialect of the Rajasthani language. [ [http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2002/sansi.html Language in India: Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli] ] Kabutra is closely related to Sansiboli.

It is spoken by about sixty thousand speakers mainly in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi states of India. As a language, Sansiboli is not confined to any particular geographical boundary. It has benefitted from various sources, absorbed regional colors, and imbibed influence from neighboring languages and dialects. Thus, it has numerous phonological and morphological borrowings from Punjabi, Hindi, and Gujarati.

Sansiboli is not effectively being passed on to the next generation and is on the verge of extinction. Very few people below the age of forty are fully competent in the language, and probably none of them will become active speakers. Many of the Sansis are likely to mix Hindi, Punjabi, or Gujarati elements in their speech depending on their geographical location.

References

:*cite web
title = Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli
last = Gusain
first = Lakhan
work = Language in India
date = December 2002
accessdate = 2006-12-29
url = http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2002/sansi.html

ee also

*Hindi languages
*Khariboli