Countries
India, Pakistan
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
22
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, Oceania
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
Central Hindi Directorate
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Gujarati
Urdu
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4233
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Meharbani
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Mehrbani
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Allah Wahi
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Marwari
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
25.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
sindhi
hindi
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Hindustani people
Origin
711 A.D
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Standard Hindi
Language Position
505
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
hin
ISO 639 2/B
snd
hin
ISO 639 3
snd
hin
ISO 639 6
snd
hins
Glottocode
sind1272
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic