Sindhi

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


Statements (52)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Gujarati
Lahnda
Punjabi
country India
Pakistan
family Indo-European languages
hasDialects Kachchi (often considered closely related)
Lari
Lasi
Siroli
Thari
hasISO639-1Code sd
hasISO639-2Code snd
hasISO639-3Code snd
hasLinguisticAncestor Middle Indo-Aryan languages
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 province of Pakistan
recognizedBy Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
region Sindh
scriptVariant Sindhi-Arabic script
Sindhi-Devanagari script
significantCommunity Gujarat
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 (46)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
British Sind ("Sindhi language")
Karachi South District
Malir District
Pakistani American
languageUsed
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
includesLanguage
Lasi
Saraiki
closelyRelatedTo
Sachal Sarmast
Sami
ethnicity
Balochi
Multani ("Sindhi language")
influencedBy
Hyderabad, Sindh
Mirpur Khas
languageSpoken
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
Sindh
officialLanguage
Lari ("Sindhi language")
Lasi ("Sindhi language")
partOf
Landa scripts ("Sindhi language")
associatedWithLanguage
Lasi ("Sindhi macrolanguage")
belongsTo
Brahui people ("Sindhi language")
bilingualismCommonWith
Sindhi people ("Sindhi language")
ethnonymLanguage
Lari
hasAncestor
Seraiki
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom
Sindh ("Sindhi language")
hasLinguisticTradition
Shikarpur District
hasMajorLanguage
Lahnda
hasNeighboringLanguage
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
hasNotableLanguage
Sind
historicalLanguage
Lari
isDialectOf
Karachi
language
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India
languageListed
Sachal Sarmast
languageOfWork
Sami
languageOfWorkOrName
Debal
languageRegion
Multani
lexicalSimilarityWith
Thar and Parkar District
majorLanguage
Larkana
majorLanguageSpoken
Sukkur
primaryLanguage
Pakistan
recognizedRegionalLanguage
Sindh
regionalLanguage
Jatki
sharesFeaturesWith
Arabic alphabet ("Sindhi language")
usedFor
Gurmukhi
usedForLanguage
Eastern Arabic numerals
usedInLanguage

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