Sindhi

E12831

Indo-Aryan language natural language

Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sindhi canonical	124
Sindhi language	18
Sindhi macrolanguage	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gujarati ⓘ Lahnda ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ surface form: Punjabi
country	India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
family	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
hasDialects	Kachchi (often considered closely related) ⓘ Lari ⓘ Lasi ⓘ Potohari ⓘ surface form: Siroli Thari ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	sd ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	snd ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	snd ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor	Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ surface form: Middle Indo-Aryan languages Sanskrit ⓘ surface form: Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit)
hasLiteraryTradition	Bhakti poetry ⓘ Sufi poetry ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich system of implosive consonants ⓘ
hasScriptStandardization	standardized Arabic-based script in Pakistan ⓘ standardized Devanagari-based script in India ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right in Devanagari script ⓘ right-to-left in Arabic script ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch	Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
notablePoet	Sachal Sarmast ⓘ Sami ⓘ Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ⓘ
officialStatus	provincial language of Sindh in Pakistan ⓘ recognized language in the Constitution of India ⓘ
primaryRegion	Sindh ⓘ surface form: Sindh province of Pakistan
recognizedBy	Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
region	Sindh ⓘ
scriptVariant	Perso-Arabic script ⓘ surface form: Sindhi-Arabic script Devanagari script ⓘ surface form: Sindhi-Devanagari script
significantCommunity	Gujarat ⓘ Kutch ⓘ surface form: Kutch region Madhya Pradesh ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ
subfamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedInEducation	medium of instruction in Sindh schools ⓘ
usedInMedia	Sindhi-language newspapers ⓘ Sindhi-language radio ⓘ Sindhi-language television ⓘ
usesAdditionalLetters	Perso-Arabic-based script with extra letters for implosives ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Devanagari script ⓘ
writingSystemOrigin	adapted from Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sind → historicalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Karachi → language → Sindhi ⓘ

Gurmukhi → usedForLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → officialLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → regionalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → hasLinguisticTradition → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Balochi → influencedBy → Sindhi ⓘ

British Sind → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Saraiki → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Hyderabad, Sindh → languageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Debal → languageRegion → Sindhi ⓘ

Eastern Arabic numerals → usedInLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Brahui people → bilingualismCommonWith → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Seraiki → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Sindhi ⓘ

Pakistani American → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Sindhi ⓘ

Malir District → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Karachi South District → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Landa scripts → associatedWithLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Provincial Assembly of Sindh → officialLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindhi people → ethnonymLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Shikarpur District → hasMajorLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Thar and Parkar District → majorLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sukkur → primaryLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Larkana → majorLanguageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Multani → influencedBy → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Multani → lexicalSimilarityWith → Sindhi ⓘ

Jatki → sharesFeaturesWith → Sindhi ⓘ

Mirpur Khas → languageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Lahnda → hasNeighboringLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sami → ethnicity → Sindhi ⓘ

Sami → languageOfWorkOrName → Sindhi ⓘ

Lari → partOf → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Lari → hasAncestor → Sindhi ⓘ

Lari → isDialectOf → Sindhi ⓘ

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → hasNotableLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sachal Sarmast → ethnicity → Sindhi ⓘ

Sachal Sarmast → languageOfWork → Sindhi ⓘ

Lasi → partOf → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Lasi → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Lasi → belongsTo → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi macrolanguage

Thari → subclassOf → Sindhi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sindhi language

Thari → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Balochistan, Pakistan → ethnicGroup → Sindhi ⓘ

Hyderabad → language → Sindhi ⓘ

subject surface form: Hyderabad (Sindh)