Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, primarily spoken by the Sindhi people native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by 1.7 million people in India, where it has status as a scheduled language.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011-2023 estimate, combining figures given for Pakistan and India. RegionSindh and surrounding areas 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
Written In
Sindhi in Pakistan is standardly written in a Perso-Arabic-based script (the official script under Pakistan's constitution).
Sindhi in India is standardly written in the Devanagari script.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sindhi Language
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Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Sindhi people native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, where the language has official status. It constitutes the mother tongue of over 34 million people in Pakistan, primarily concentrated in Sindh; with historic communities in neighbouring Balochistan as well. It is also spoken by 1.7 million people in India, with it having the status of a scheduled language in the country without any state-level official status. Sindhi is written in the Sindhi alphabet of the Perso-Arabic script, the sole official script for the language in Pakistan; while in India, both the Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts are used.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
37 million (2011-2023)
Infobox, Region
Sindh and surrounding areas
Official status, Sindhi entity page
Sindhi is written in the Sindhi alphabet of the Perso-Arabic script, the sole official script for the language in Pakistan; while in India, both the Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts are used.
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