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Sindhi
Sindhi

Swahili
Swahili



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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan, Sindh
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

Interesting Facts

  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Gujarati
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Prakrit Language
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

6424
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4221
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Devanagari
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Assalam O Alaikum
Habari

Thank You

Meharbani
Asante

How Are You?

Kehra haal aahin
Habari gani?

Good Night

tava kia aayo
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

Sham Jo Salam
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

Assalam o Alaikum
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

Subho Bakhair
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Mehrbani
tafadhali

Sorry

Moon khe afsos aahe
pole

Bye

Allah Wahi
bye

I Love You

Man tokhe prem karyan ti
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Maaf Kajo
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Siraiki
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Upper Sindh
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Vicholi
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Central Sindh
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

25,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Lari
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Lower Sindh
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

25.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

612
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

29.00 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.39 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

25.00 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

سنڌي
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Sindhi
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

sindhi
swahili

German Name

Sindhi-Sprache
Swahili

Pronunciation

[sɪndi]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Sindhi people
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

711 A.D
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms

Standard Forms

Sindhi
Swahili

Language Position

5021
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Sindhi
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sd
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

snd
swa

ISO 639 2/B

snd
swa

ISO 639 3

snd
swa

ISO 639 6

snd
swa

Glottocode

sind1272
swah1254

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Sindhi and Swahili Alphabets

Sindhi and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sindhi and Swahili. In Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Sindhi and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sindhi and Swahili languages. The Sindhi phonology consist Sindhi vowels and Sindhi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sindhi greetings vs Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sindhi and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sindhi and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sindhi and Swahili Speaking population

Sindhi and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Sindhi vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Swahili Language Codes

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