Sindhi Language

Sindhi Language
Sindhi is one of the major languages of Pakistan , spoken in the province of
Sindh by approximately forty million people. It is one of the oldest language
of the sub-continent with a rich culture, vast folklore and extensive
literature. Sindhi is an Indo Aryan language which is spoken in the south
eastern Pakistan, the Sindh province. It is a historical language which has
evolved from the early times of history. It was the first language in which
Quraan was translated to. The translation was made possible by Abdullah bin
Umar bin Abdul Aziz on a request of a Hindu Raja Mehruk in 884 CE

Sindhi has words from many languages in Europe Asia and Middle East. For
example the word for farmer is derived from the word Aratro of Latin
similarly word Harvest is derived from the word Hari (Farmer) of Sindhi.
Word Day of English has relation to the word Deo (Lamp) same word (Deo)
is also referred to as god in Latin

Among other influences Sindhi has words from Pali, Arabic, Sanskirit
(Although it is proven that actually Sanskirit was it self stemmed from
Sindhi). This section provides few words of Sindhi to get a little knowledge of
the language for general traveller.


Linguistic Boundaries:
Sindhi has extended its boundaries beyond the province of Sindh . In
northern Sindh it flows over the north-west into Baluchistan province, former
Bahawalpur state (now in Punjab), on the west it is bounded by the
mountain range separating Sindh from Baluchistan.


This boundary has not been crossed by Sindhi, except in the southern part of
the hilly area of Kohistan . Here in general , the language spoken is Baluchi
but sindhi is also found spoken by a good number of population. It is spoken
as mother tongue in some parts of Baluchistan. It has spread its influence
still further towards the Persian Gulf in the Lasbella area of Baluchistan and
is spoken as a first language along with Baluchi ( Makrani) by a large
number of people in Jadgal, Guwadar, Ormara and Pasni, and has crossed
theGulf and is spoken in Muskat, UAE and generally in the coastal region.


In the east and south-west, Sindhi has crossed the Runn of Kucch and is
spoken by a large number of people in Kucch, Gujrat and the peninsula of
Kathiawar in India. In the east, it has influenced the speech of the
neighbouing parts of Marwar and Jaisalmir states of Rajistan (Rajputana in
India).


After the partition of British India, numerous Sindhi Hindus migrated from
Sindh and settled in the central and western parts of India speak Sindhi in
their household. It is also spoken by approximately 4,00,000 people as their
first language, in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, South Africa,
Madagascar, East Africa U.K., U.S.A. and Canada by those who have
migrated from Sindh and settled there. It is also spoken in Hong Kong,
Singapore, Thailand, Sri lanka and in some other countries in Far-East and
South East-Asia by those people who have settled there in the first quarter
of the 20th century or even earlier.


Sindhi language
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Sindhi language evolved over a period of 2400 years. The language of the people of
Sindh, after coming in contact with the Aryan, became Indo-Aryan (Prakrit). Sindhi
language, therefore, has a solid base of Prakrit as well as Sanskrit, the language of
India, with vocabulary from Arabic, Persian, and some Dravidian - descendants from
Mediterranean sub-continent. Initially, Sindhi had close contacts with Arabic-
speaking Muslims. Therefore the language adopted many of the Arabic words.





Sindhi language is an ancient language spoken in Pakistan and many other
parts of the world. It is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by approximately 41
million people in Pakistan, and 12 million people in India; it is the second
most spoken language of Pakistan, mostly spoken in the Sindh province. It is
a recognized official language in Pakistan, and also an official language in
India. Government of Pakistan issues National Identity Cards to its citizens
only in two languages; Sindhi and Urdu.



Sindhi language is also greatly influenced by Sanskrit and about 70% of the words in
Sindhi are of Sanskrit origin.Sindhi is a very rich language with a vast vocabulary;
this has made it a favourite of many writers and so a lot of literature and poetry has
been written in Sindhi. It has been the inspiration for Sindhi art, music, literature,
culture and the way of life. The language can be written using the Devanagri or
Arabic script