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Indonesian vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
maaf  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
سنڌي  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Sindhi  

French Name
indonésien  
sindhi  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Sindhi  

Language Position
56  
99+
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
snd  

ISO 639 3
ind  
snd  

ISO 639 6
ind  
snd  

Glottocode
indo1316  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Indonesian and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Sindhi language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Sindhi Language History.

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Indonesian and Sindhi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Sindhi language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Sindhi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is 44 weeks.

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