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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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