Countries
India, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Gujarati
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1010
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4243
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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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
Molo
Thank You
Meharbani
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
Unjani
Good Night
tava kia aayo
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
Molo
Please
Mehrbani
Ndicela
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Allah Wahi
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
South Africa
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Thembu
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
South Africa
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
South Africa
How Many People Speak
25.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
سنڌي
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Sindhi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
sindhi
xhosa
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
711 A.D
16th 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
isiXhosa
Language Position
5021
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
xho
ISO 639 2/B
snd
xho
ISO 639 3
snd
xho
ISO 639 6
snd
xho
Glottocode
sind1272
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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