| Kanjari | |
|---|---|
| कंजरी | |
| Native to | India |
Native speakers | 210,000 (2011)[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kft |
| Glottolog | kanj1259 |
Kanjari (also known as Kangar Bhat, Kangri, Kuchbandhi or "the Gypsy language"[2]) is an unclassified Indic tribal language of India associated with the Kanjar tribe. It is written using the Devanagari script. Kanjari is spoken in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.[2] It may be one of the Punjabi languages.[3] UNESCO classifies Kanjari as an endangered language. Some may use the word to describe Karina.[4]
- ^ Kanjari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Mhaiske, Vinod M.; Patil, Vinayak K.; Narkhede, S. S. (2016). Forest Tribology And Anthropology. p. 185. ISBN 9789386102089.
- ^ Frawley, William J. (2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN 0199771782.
- ^ "Kanjari". World Atlas of Languages. UNESCO. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
