Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Gujarati
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6434
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4226
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Salam
Thank You
Meharbani
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
chone tao?
Good Night
tava kia aayo
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
jawáin sawáh
Please
Mehrbani
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Allah Wahi
bye
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
25.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Baluchi
French Name
sindhi
baloutchi
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
711 A.D
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Balochi
Language Position
5039
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
bal
ISO 639 2/B
snd
bal
ISO 639 3
snd
bal
ISO 639 6
snd
bal
Glottocode
sind1272
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-