Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Gujarati
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1017
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4227
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Meharbani
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
Hach ch'i
Please
Mehrbani
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Allah Wahi
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Poguli
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Rambani
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
India
How Many People Speak
25.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
29.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
سنڌي
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
sindhi
kashmiri
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
711 A.D
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Kashmiri
Language Position
5023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
kas
ISO 639 2/B
snd
kas
ISO 639 3
snd
kas
ISO 639 6
snd
kas
Glottocode
sind1272
kash1277
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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