Savji (also spelt as Saoji, Souji, Sauji)
is a
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
community found in the
Indian state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
.
Cuisine
Savji food is known for its very hot and spicy flavour in many cities (where they are in large number) served in small family-style restaurants called ''Savji khanavali'' or "Savji hotel" or ''bhojanalaya'',
found in places like
Nagpur in Maharashtra.
Language
Savji people speak a language called "Savji bhasha" or "Khatri bhasha" in some regions
that belongs to the
Indo-Aryan language family and appears to be an amalgamation of Indic languages such as
Sanskrit,
Hindi,
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
,
Sindhi,
Gujarati,
Marwari.
References
External links
*{{wikivoyage-inline, Savji phrasebook
Ethnic groups in India
Social groups of Maharashtra