Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Gujarati
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4229
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Meharbani
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
tava kia aayo
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Mehrbani
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Allah Wahi
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Lari
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.39 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
25.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
سنڌي
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
sindhi
pachto
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Pashtun
Origin
711 A.D
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
5082
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sd
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
pus
ISO 639 2/B
snd
pus
ISO 639 3
snd
pus
ISO 639 6
snd
pus
Glottocode
sind1272
pash1269
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional