Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Gujarati
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
6447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4222
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
pranam
Thank You
Meharbani
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
tava kia aayo
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
Suprabhaat
Please
Mehrbani
kripaya
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
maf karai
Bye
Allah Wahi
Alavidā
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
kripaya
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Nepal
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
North India
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Khortha
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
25.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
615
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
sindhi
maithili
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Maithil
Origin
711 A.D
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Standard Maithili
Language Position
5040
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
mai
ISO 639 2/B
snd
mai
ISO 639 3
snd
mai
ISO 639 6
snd
mai
Glottocode
sind1272
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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