Sidi language explained

Sidi is a Bantu language of Pakistan and India,^[1] related to Swahili. Most of the Sidi community today speaks a regional Indic language, mostly Gujarati, mixed with some Bantu words and phrases,^[2] 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] A survey of regional languages conducted by the government of Gujarat in 2016 reported that the language is in danger of extinction.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Siddi community of India, and Pakistan . 2022-10-15 . African American Registry . en.
2. TADIA, the African diaspora in Asia: explorations on a less known fact. Linguistic evidence of Bantu origins of the Sidis of India.
3. Whiteley, 1969, Swahili: The Rise of a National Language
4. News: Gujarat speaks in 50 languages, 30 dialects disappeared from state since 1961. The Times of India. 2016-05-25. 2023-09-11.