Sindhi Bhili
{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan}}
{{Distinguish|Bhil languages}}
{{Infobox language
| name = Sindhi Bhil
| nativename = {{lang|sd-Aran|سنڌي ڀيل}}
| image = SindhiBhil.svg
| imagecaption = Sindhi Bhil written in the Arabic script.
| states = Pakistan
| region = Sindh
| ethnicity = Meghwar Bhil{{Cite web|url=https://peoplegroups.org/explore/PeopleGroupDetails.aspx?peid=6381#topmenu|title=PeopleGroups.org - Meghwar Bhil of Pakistan|website=peoplegroups.org}}
| speakers = {{sigfig|56,502|1}}
| date = 2000
| ref = e25
| familycolor = Indo-European
| fam2 = Indo-Iranian
| fam3 = Indo-Aryan
| fam4 = Northwestern
| fam5 = Sindhi languages
| dialects = Badin{{Cite web|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/sind1270|title=Glottolog 4.5 - Sindhi Bhil|website=glottolog.org}}
Mohrano
Nuclear Sindhi Bhil
Sindhi Meghwar
| script = Arabic script, Devanagari script (religious use only)
| iso3 = sbn
| glotto = sind1270
}}
Sindhi Bhil, ({{lang|sd-Aran|سنڌي ڀيل}}) is an Indo-Aryan dialect spoken in the Pakistani province of Sindh, as well as some parts of Balochistan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-tran.com/Sprachen-Information/spin_SBN.html|title = Language Information Translation Sindhi Bhil - the world speaks Pro-Tran}} Sindhi Bhil is often referred to as a Sindhi dialect rather than a separate language alongside Lasi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daytranslations.com/blog/guide/pakistan/|title=Pakistan|date=October 30, 2013|website=Day Translations Blog}}
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 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 number of Dhatki loanwords it has.{{cite web | url=https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1706816.html?page=3 | title=A Phonological View of Sindhi }}
Speakers
{{main|Sindhi Bhils|Sindhi Meghwars}}
The Sindhi Bhils and Sindhi Meghwars are the speakers of Sindhi Bhil and are Hindu and number around 86,500.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prayway.com/unreached/peoplegroups1/712.html|title = The Meghwar Bhil of Pakistan}} They live in Balochistan and Sindh, while there are diasporas in Gujarat and Delhi in India due to the Partition of India.{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343611243 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.28296.44803|year=2020 |last1=Ghulam |first1=Hussain |title=Bhil of Pakistan }} They are part of the Bhil people.
Dialects
Sindhi Bhil has four dialects. The most spoken is Badin which has around 10,000 speakers.{{Cite web|url=https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/16734|title=Sindhi Bhil: Badin language|website=globalrecordings.net}} It is spoken in the city of Badin and also Matli. Other dialects include Mohrano, Nuclear Sindhi Bhil, and Sindhi Meghwar.{{Cite web|url=https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/16736|title=Sindhi Bhil: Sindhi Meghwar language|website=globalrecordings.net}} Mohrano is spoken in Tando Allahyar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Pakistan_Languages|title=Pakistan Languages|date=March 28, 2018|website=FamilySearch Wiki}}