Sidi, also known as ''Habsi'' (Abyssinian), is an extinct
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
The ...
of
Pakistan and India, descended from
Swahili. It was reported to still being spoken in the mid 20th century in
Kathiawar
Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, i ...
, Gujarat, by the
Siddi.
[Whiteley, 1969, ''Swahili: The Rise of a National Language'']
References
Languages of Pakistan
Languages of Sindh
Languages of India
Swahili language
Languages of the African diaspora
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