Sidi language

Sidi
Native to	Pakistan, India
Region	Sindh, Gujarat
Ethnicity	Siddi
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Sabaki Swahili Sidi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	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. 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.