Sindhi /ˈsɪndi/[3] (Sindhi: سنڌي) is the leid o the historical Sindh region, spoken bi the Sindhi fowk. It is spoken bi 53,410,910 fowk in Pakistan an some 5,820,485 fowk in Indie. It is the offeecial leid o the province o Sindh. In Indie, Sindhi is ane o the scheduled leids offeecially recognized bi the federal govrenment. Abroad thare are some 2.6 million Sindhis.
| Sindhi | |
|---|---|
| سنڌي | |
| Native tae | Pakistan. An aa immigrant communities in Indie, Hong Kong, Oman, Philippines, Indonesie, Singapore, UAE, UK, USA, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka |
| Region | Sooth Asie |
Native speakers | 26 million (2007)[1] |
Indo-European
| |
| Arabic, Khudabadi alphabet, Laṇḍā scripts.[2] | |
| Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in |  Pakistan (Sindh)  Indie |
| Regulatit bi | Sindhi Leid Authority (Pakistan), Indian Institute of Sindhology (India) |
| Leid codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | sd |
| ISO 639-2 | snd |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:snd – Sindhilss – Lasisbn – Sindhi Bhil |
Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan leid o the Indo-Iranian branch o the Indo-European leid faimily. It haes influences frae a local version o spoken fairm o Sanskrit an frae Balochi spoken in the adjacent province o Balochistan.
Maist Sindhi speakers are concentratit in the Sindh province an in Kutch, Gujarat, Indie whaur Sindhi is a local leid. The remainin speakers in Indie are componed o the Hindu Sindhis who migratit frae Sindh an settled in Indie efter partition an the Sindhi diaspora warldwide.
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