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{{Short description|Endangered Indo-Aryan language of India}} | {{Short description|Endangered Indo-Aryan language of India}} | ||
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''[[Ethnologue]]'' sees it as a [[Hindustani language]] ([[Western Hindi]]).<ref name=e18/> Some sources also mention it as a dialect of the [[Rajasthani language]].<ref>[http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2002/sansi.html Language in India: Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli]</ref> ''Glottolog'' links it to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. Kabutra, spoken by a thousand people in Pakistan, is mutually intelligible. | ''[[Ethnologue]]'' sees it as a [[Hindustani language]] ([[Western Hindi]]).<ref name=e18/> Some sources also mention it as a dialect of the [[Rajasthani language]].<ref>[http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2002/sansi.html Language in India: Endangered Language: A Case Study of Sansiboli]</ref> ''Glottolog'' links it to [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. Kabutra, spoken by a thousand people in Pakistan, is mutually intelligible. | ||
It is spoken by about sixty thousand speakers mainly in Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and Delhi | It is spoken by about sixty thousand speakers mainly in Indian states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, and in Delhi. 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 [[Loanword|borrowings]] from Punjabi, Hindi, and Marwari.{{fact|date=May 2022}} | ||
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 Marwari elements in their speech depending on their geographical location. | 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 Marwari elements in their speech depending on their geographical location.{{fact|date=May 2022}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Hindi topics}} | {{Hindi topics}} | ||
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[[Category:Languages of Pakistan]] | [[Category:Languages of Pakistan]] | ||
[[Category:Endangered Indo-European languages]] | [[Category:Endangered Indo-European languages]] | ||
{{IndoAryan-lang-stub}} | {{IndoAryan-lang-stub}} | ||