Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Hindi Language
Gujarati
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5364
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
910
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4142
9
60
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Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Meharbani
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Subho Bakhair
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Mehrbani
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Allah Wahi
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saraiki
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Doabi
Lari
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.0025.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
306
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
154.30 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Sindhi
French Name
pendjabi
sindhi
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Sindhi people
Origin
1000 AD
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Sindhi
Language Position
2350
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Sindhi
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
snd
ISO 639 2/B
pan
snd
ISO 639 3
pan
snd
ISO 639 6
panj
snd
Glottocode
panj1256
sind1272
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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