Sidi language

Sidi
Sidi
Native to	Pakistan, India
Region	Sindh, Gujarat
Ethnicity	Siddi
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Sabaki Swahili Sidi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None
Guthrie code	G.404

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

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