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Sindhi ( سنڌي, Sindhī) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Sindh region of South Asia, which is a province of Pakistan. It is spoken by about 41 million people in Pakistan and 2 million in the Republic of India.^[1]

Dialects[change | change source]

Sindhi has many dialects like:^[2]

• Uttaradi: spoken in Uttar north region of Sindh.
• Vicholi: spoken in central region of Sindh. It is the standard and literary dialect of Sindhi.
• Lari: it is spoken in "Lar" region of Sindh.
• Lasi: spoken mainly in Lasbela district of balochistan, also spoken in Kirthar mountains of Sindh, in Sindh it is called as Kohistani.
• Siroli/Siraiki: it is spoken in small numbers throughout Sindh, but mainly in northmost Sindh districts along the border of South Punjab.
• Thareli: spoken north eastern thar desert called Nara desert, but mainly spoken in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India.
• Jadgali: this dialect of Sindhi is spoken in balochistan region of Pakistan and Iran, while some speakers are also found in Oman.

Related pages[change | change source]

• Languages of Pakistan

References[change | change source]

Other websites[change | change source]

• Sindhi Tutorial
• SindhiLanguage.com
• Sindhi Script History and Script
• Daily Sindh Hyderabad A Newspaper in sindhi Language Archived 2012-12-09 at Archive.today

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