Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Konkani Language
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5264
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1610
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3642
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Meharbani
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Subho Bakhair
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Mehrbani
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Kokan
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Varhadi
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Lari
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.0025.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
426
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
71.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.10 %0.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
68.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Sindhi
French Name
marathe
sindhi
German Name
Marathi
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Sindhi people
Origin
10th century
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Marathi
Sindhi
Language Position
1750
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mar
snd
ISO 639 2/B
mar
snd
ISO 639 3
mar
snd
ISO 639 6
mar
snd
Glottocode
mara1378
sind1272
Linguasphere
omr
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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