Kanjari
A language of India
| Population | 91,200 (1995). |
| Region | Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Sitapur, Kheri districts; Rajasthan; Andhra Pradesh; Madhya Pradesh. |
| Alternate names | Kagari, Kangar Bhat, Kangri, Kanjri |
| Dialects | Kuchbandhi. It may be in the Panjabi group. |
| Classification | Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Unclassified |
| Comments | Sometimes called a language of Gypsies who reportedly use certain linguistic means of disguising their language to make it unintelligible to outsiders. Kanjar is a Scheduled Caste reported to speak a dialect of Hindi in Uttar Pradesh, a dialect of Mewari [wry] in Rajasthan, and Hindi in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. (Singh 1995). Hunters; mat making of Sirki reed, ropes, brushes. |
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