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Sindhi and Persian


Persian and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Gujarati  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
64  
37
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
42  
31
23  
13

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
سلام  

Thank You
Meharbani  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Mehrbani  
لطفا  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
متاسف  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
26
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Central Sindh  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
25,000,000.00  
23
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Lari  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
25.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
سنڌي  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Sindhi  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
sindhi  
persan  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[sɪndi]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Sindhi people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Persian  

Language Position
50  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
per  

ISO 639 3
snd  
pes  

ISO 639 6
snd  
pers  

Glottocode
sind1272  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Sindhi and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sindhi and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sindhi and Persian Speaking population

Sindhi and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sindhi and Persian on Sindhi vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Persian Language Codes

Sindhi and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sindhi and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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