Countries
India, Pakistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Gujarati
Zulu language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6431
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4218
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Moni
Thank You
Meharbani
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
tava kia aayo
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Mehrbani
Chonde
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
pepani
Bye
Allah Wahi
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
Pepani
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
25.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
sindhi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Chewa people
Origin
711 A.D
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Chewa
Language Position
5027
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
nya
ISO 639 2/B
snd
nya
ISO 639 3
snd
nya
ISO 639 6
snd
nya
Glottocode
sind1272
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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