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Urdu vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
40   
29
42   
31

Scripts
Arabic   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
الوداع   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
India   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
India   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Lari   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
sindhi   

German Name
Urdu   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Sindhi   

Language Position
20   
18
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 3
urd   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Sindhi language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Urdu and Sindhi Language History.

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

Urdu vs Sindhi Difficulty

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

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