Countries
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Dutch Language
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hallo
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
asseblief
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Upper Sindh
  
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
29.00 million
  
37
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
Not Available
  
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th Century
  
711 A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Western
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Sindhi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Not Available
  
Afrikaans and Sindhi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Sindhi language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Sindhi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.