# Savji

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{{Short description|Ethnic group in India}}
{{for|the village in Iran|Savji, Iran}}
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'''Savji''' (also spelt as Saoji, Souji, Sauji)<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book|last=Beteille|first=Gopa Sabharwal ; with a foreword by André|title=Ethnicity and class : social divisions in an Indian city|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-19-567830-3|page=134}}</ref>{{qn|date=March 2018}} is a [Hindu](/source/Hindu) community found in the [Indian](/source/Indian_people) [states](/source/States_and_union_territories_of_India) of [Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka), and [Andhra Pradesh](/source/Andhra_Pradesh).

==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''<ref>{{cite news|last=Bhatia|first=Arun|title=A 'khanavali' in our metropolis|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/02/stories/2002090201410400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701061759/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/02/stories/2002090201410400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 1, 2003|newspaper=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)|date=Sep 2, 2002}}</ref> or "Savji hotel" or ''bhojanalaya'',<ref name=autogenerated1 /> found in places like [Nagpur](/source/Nagpur) in Maharashtra and [Bombay Karnataka](/source/Belagavi_division) region. <ref>{{cite web|last=Joiye|first=Joiye|title=Saoji food in Nagpur|url=http://nagpur.joiye.com/restaurants/saoji/|work=Joiye|publisher=Joiye|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830171227/http://nagpur.joiye.com/restaurants/saoji|archivedate=2011-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=nagpuronline|first=nagpuronline|title=Restaurants in Nagpur|url=http://www.nagpuronline.co.in/dining.php|work=nagpuronline|publisher=nagpuronline}}</ref>

==Language==
Savji people speak a language called "Savji bhasha" or "Khatri bhasha" in some regions<ref>{{cite book|last=Beteille|first=Gopa Sabharwal ; with a foreword by André|title=Ethnicity and class : social divisions in an Indian city|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-19-567830-3|pages=133, 134}}</ref>{{qn|date=March 2018}} that belongs to the [Indo-Aryan language](/source/Indo-Aryan_language) family and appears to be an amalgamation of Indic languages such as [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit_language), [Hindi](/source/Hindi_language), [Marathi](/source/Marathi_language), [Sindhi](/source/Sindhi_language), [Gujarati](/source/Gujarati_language), [Kannada](/source/kannada_language), and [Marwari](/source/Marwari_language).{{cn|date=March 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Savji phrasebook}}

Category:Ethnic groups in India
Category:Social groups of Maharashtra

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