Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Gujarati
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Meharbani
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
tava kia aayo
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Mehrbani
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Allah Wahi
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Siraiki
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Vicholi
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Lari
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
Not Available
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bihari
  
French Name
sindhi
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
711 A.D
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sindhi
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sd
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
snd
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
snd
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
snd
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sind1272
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Sindhi and Urdu 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 Sindhi and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sindhi and Urdu Speaking population
Sindhi and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Sindhi and Urdu on Sindhi vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sindhi and Urdu Language Codes
Sindhi and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sindhi and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.