Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Gujarati
Telugu
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6449
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1014
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4235
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Meharbani
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Mehrbani
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Allah Wahi
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Badaga
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Urali
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
kerala
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
25.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
sindhi
kannada
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Kannadiga
Origin
711 A.D
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Modern Kannada
Language Position
5031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
kan
ISO 639 2/B
snd
kan
ISO 639 3
snd
kan
ISO 639 6
snd
kan
Glottocode
sind1272
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-