Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India
  
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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Gujarati
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Meharbani
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
tava kia aayo
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Mehrbani
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Allah Wahi
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Siraiki
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Vicholi
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Lari
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Not Available
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
sindhi
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
711 A.D
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Sindhi
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sd
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
snd
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
snd
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
snd
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sind1272
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available