Countries
India, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Gujarati
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1011
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4231
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Meharbani
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Mehrbani
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Allah Wahi
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Kosli
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
25.00520,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
29.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
سنڌي
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
sindhi
oriya
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Odias
Origin
711 A.D
3 BC
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 Odia
Language Position
5032
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sd
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
ori
ISO 639 2/B
snd
ori
ISO 639 3
snd
ori
ISO 639 6
snd
ori
Glottocode
sind1272
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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