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Sindhi vs Urdu


Urdu vs Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
64  
37
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
10  
7

How Many Consonants
42  
31
40  
29

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
0.99 %  
20

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  

History

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  

Language Position
50  
37
20  
18

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Sindhi and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Sindhi vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Sindhi and Urdu language. History of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sindhi and Urdu Language History.

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Sindhi and Urdu 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 Sindhi and Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sindhi and Urdu language. Sindhi word for "Hello" is Assalam O Alaikum or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Sindhi Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sindhi vs Urdu Difficulty

The Sindhi vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sindhi Alphabets and Urdu 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 Sindhi and Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sindhi and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sindhi is Not Available while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.

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