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Urdu and Sindhi


Sindhi and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
40   
29
42   
31

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
الوداع   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
India   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
India   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Lari   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
sindhi   

German Name
Urdu   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Sindhi   

Language Position
20   
18
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 3
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Urdu and Sindhi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Sindhi Speaking population

Urdu and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Sindhi on Urdu vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Sindhi Language Codes

Urdu and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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