Countries
India, Pakistan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Gujarati
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4232
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
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
sannu
Thank You
Meharbani
gode ku
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
yaya dai
Good Night
tava kia aayo
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
barka da rana
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
mai kyau safe
Please
Mehrbani
Don Allah
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
yi hakuri
Bye
Allah Wahi
sai anjima
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Ghana
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Niger
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Niger
How Many People Speak
25.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
sindhi
haoussa
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
711 A.D
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Hausa
Language Position
5034
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
hau
ISO 639 2/B
snd
hau
ISO 639 3
snd
hau
ISO 639 6
snd
hau
Glottocode
sind1272
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional