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. StatusWikipedia article on Sindhi: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Attested From (Year) RegionSindh and surrounding areas 2 Classification
Language Kind Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Sindhi Language
Source Wikipedia: Sindhi Language
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.
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Found In
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Source Glottolog
Sources
1. Glottolog: Sindhi (Glottolog languoid sind1272)
GlottologEndangerment, AES statusQuote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Sindhi Language
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
It is the official language of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
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Infobox, Speakers
37 million (2011-2023)
Infobox, Region
Sindh and surrounding areas
Lead section
It is also an official scheduled language in India. Sindhi is written in the Perso-Arabic script in Pakistan and both the Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts in India.
In Family: Indo-Iranian, Infobox: fam2
Indo-Iranian
In Family: Indo-Aryan, Infobox, Language family
Indo-Aryan
View the Source 3. Omniglot: Sindhi language, alphabet and pronunciation
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First written : 8th century
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