Countries
India, Pakistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Gujarati
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4221
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Hello
Thank You
Meharbani
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
tava kia aayo
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Mehrbani
Fadlan
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
sorry
Bye
Allah Wahi
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
25.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
sindhi
somali
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Somalis
Origin
711 A.D
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Cushitic
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Somali
Language Position
5083
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
som
ISO 639 2/B
snd
som
ISO 639 3
snd
som
ISO 639 6
snd
som
Glottocode
sind1272
soma1255
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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-