| 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 Pakistan and India, associated with the Muslim Kanjar tribe. Kanjari is spoken in Punjab in Pakistan and in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan in India.[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.
