Kanjari language

Kanjari
कंजरी
Native toIndia
Native speakers
210,000 (2011)[1]
Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3kft
Glottologkanj1259

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] UNESCO classifies Kanjari as an endangered language. Some may use the word to describe Karina.[3]

  1. ^ Kanjari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b Mhaiske, Vinod M.; Patil, Vinayak K.; Narkhede, S. S. (2016). Forest Tribology And Anthropology. p. 185. ISBN 9789386102089.
  3. ^ "Kanjari". World Atlas of Languages. UNESCO. Retrieved 3 January 2023.