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Sindhi and Urdu


Urdu and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Gujarati   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64   
37
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
42   
31
40   
29

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Meharbani   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
tava kia aayo   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Mehrbani   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Allah Wahi   
الوداع   

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Vicholi   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Central Sindh   
India   

Dialect 3
Lari   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million   
37
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.39 %   
34
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Not Available   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bihari   

French Name
sindhi   
ourdou   

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
711 A.D   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sindhi   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
50   
37
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sd   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
snd   
urd   

ISO 639 3
snd   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sind1272   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Sindhi and Urdu Speaking population

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

Sindhi and Urdu Language Codes

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

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