Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Gujarati
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Meharbani
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
tava kia aayo
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Mehrbani
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Allah Wahi
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Siraiki
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Vicholi
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Lari
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Not Available
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
sindhi
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
711 A.D
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sindhi
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sd
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
snd
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
snd
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
snd
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sind1272
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available