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
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Gujarati
Hindi Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
109
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4241
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Meharbani
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Mehrbani
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Allah Wahi
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Vicholi
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lari
Doabi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
25.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
630
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
29.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.39 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
سنڌي
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Sindhi
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
sindhi
pendjabi
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɪndi]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Sindhi people
Punjabis
Origin
711 A.D
1000 AD
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
5023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Sindhi
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sd
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
pan
ISO 639 2/B
snd
pan
ISO 639 3
snd
pan
ISO 639 6
snd
panj
Glottocode
sind1272
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional