Countries
India, Pakistan
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Gujarati
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4216
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Hoy
Thank You
Meharbani
Salamat
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
tava kia aayo
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
Maayong Buntag
Please
Mehrbani
Palihug
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Allah Wahi
Babay
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Boholano
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Bohol
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
North Kana
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
25.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
Visayan
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
sindhi
cebuano
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Cebuano people
Origin
711 A.D
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
5062
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
snd
ceb
ISO 639 3
snd
ceb
ISO 639 6
snd
ceb
Glottocode
sind1272
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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