Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Gujarati
Dutch Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1015
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4217
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
hallo
Thank You
Meharbani
Dankie
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
tava kia aayo
goeie nag
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
goeie more
Please
Mehrbani
asseblief
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
jammer
Bye
Allah Wahi
Totsiens
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
-
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
-
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Namibia
How Many People Speak
25.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Cape Dutch
French Name
sindhi
afrikaans
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Afrikaners
Origin
711 A.D
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
5023
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
afr
ISO 639 2/B
snd
afr
ISO 639 3
snd
afr
ISO 639 6
snd
afrs
Glottocode
sind1272
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic