Countries
India, Pakistan
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Gujarati
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6443
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4234
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Meharbani
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Mehrbani
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Allah Wahi
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
25.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
29.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
sindhi
bhojpuri
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
711 A.D
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5037
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
bho
ISO 639 2/B
snd
bho
ISO 639 3
snd
bho
ISO 639 6
snd
bho
Glottocode
sind1272
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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