Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
4
11
National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
Interesting Facts
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Gujarati
Konkani Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Alphabets
64
37
52
31
Phonology
How Many Vowels
10
7
16
13
How Many Consonants
42
31
36
26
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
4 weeks
2
Greetings
Hello
Assalam O Alaikum
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Meharbani
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
tava kia aayo
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Subho Bakhair
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Mehrbani
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Allah Wahi
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Siraiki
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Upper Sindh
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
2,400,000.00
23
Dialect 2
Vicholi
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Central Sindh
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
7,000,000.00
12
Dialect 3
Lari
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Lower Sindh
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1,900,000.00
15
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
42
29
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
37
71.00 million
25
Speaking Population
0.39 %
34
1.10 %
18
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
68.00 million
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
3.00 million
32
Native Name
Not Available
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
sindhi
marathe
German Name
Sindhi-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Marathi people
History
Origin
711 A.D
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Not Available
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Sindhi
Marathi
Language Position
50
37
17
15
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sd
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
snd
mar
ISO 639 2/B
snd
mar
ISO 639 3
snd
mar
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sind1272
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
