Sindhi language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sindhi |
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| سنڌي, सिन्धी, Sindhī | ||||
| Native to | Pakistan, India. Also Hong Kong, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, UAE, UK, USA | |||
| Region | South Asia | |||
| Native speakers | 54.3 million (date missing) | |||
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Indo-European
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| Writing system | Arabic, Devanagari | |||
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| Official language in |  Sindh, Pakistan India |
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| Regulated by | Sindhi Language Authority (Pakistan) | |||
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Sindhi (Arabic script: سنڌي, Devanagari script: सिन्धी, Sindhī) is the language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is a province of Pakistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 41 million people in Pakistan and 12 million in the Republic of India.
Images for kids
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Cover of a book containing the epic Dodo Chanesar written in Hatvanki Sindhi or Khudabadi script
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Farsi (perso-Arabic) or Shikarpuri Sindhi.
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