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rWotD Episode 2902: Sidi language

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The random article for Monday, 14 April 2025 is Sidi language.

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.

This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:00 UTC on Monday, 14 April 2025.

For the full current version of the article, see Sidi language on Wikipedia.

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