Sindhi Bhil, () is an
Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in the
Pakistani province of
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
, as well as some parts of
Balochistan. Sindhi Bhil is often referred as a
Sindhi dialect than a language alongside
Lasi
Lasi or LASI may refer to:
* Lasi people, an ethnic group of Pakistan
* Lasi dialect, an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan
* Lasi (letter), a letter of the Georgian alphabet
* LasI, or Acyl-homoserine-lactone synthase, an enzyme
* Johann Lasi, a W ...
.
Characteristics
Sindhi Bhil is known to have many old Sindhi words, which were lost after
Arabic,
Persian, and
Chaghatai words were absorbed into Sindhi. Sindhi Bhil's Badin dialect is most closest to Sindhi. The Mohrano speakers have added many
Dhatki words into their language, and some say the Mohrano dialect of Sindhi Bhil may be considered a different language due to the amount of Dhatki loanwords.
Speakers
The
Meghwar Bhil
The Sindhi Bhils/Bheels ( Sindhi: ) are a Sindhinised sub-group of the Bhil people who live in the Sindh, Punjab, and Balocistan provinces of Pakistan. They are one of major Hindu community in the region, and are one of the Hindu groups in Pak ...
are the speakers of Sindhi Bhil and are
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 ...
and number around 86,500. They live in Balochistan and Sindh, while there are diasporas in
Gujarat and
Delhi in
India due to the
Partition of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...
. They are part of the
Bhil people.
Dialects
Sindhi Bhil has four dialects. The most spoken is Badin which has around 10,000 speakers. It is spoken in
the city of Badin and also
Matli
Matli is a town of Matli Taluka in Badin District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Matli Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The town is located at 25°2'0N 68°39'0E with an altitude of 9 metres (32 f ...
. Other dialects include Mohrano, Nuclear Sindhi Bhil, and Sindhi Meghwar.
Mohrano is spoken in
Tando Allahyar.
See also
*
, سنڌي_ڀيل_ٻولي (Sindhi Bhil in Sindhi language)
References
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Sindhi language
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Languages of Sindh