Sindhi languages

Sindhi
Sindhic
Geographic distribution	India, Pakistan, Iran, Oman
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Sindhi
Language codes
Glottolog	sind1279

The Sindhi languages or Sindhic include Sindhi and its dialects as well as Indo-Aryan languages closely related to it. ^[1]

Language [a]	Speakers [2]	Region(s)
Sindhi	38,000,000	Sindh, Balochistan, various states of India
Kutchi	1,031,000	Kutch and Sindh
Memoni	1,800,000	Kathiawar and Sindh
Luwati	30,000	Oman
Jadgali	?	Makran (Iran, Pakistan)
Kholosi	1,800	Hormozgan province (Iran)

Lasi and Sindhi Bhil are sometimes added, but are commonly considered dialects of Sindhi proper. ^[3] It is not clear if Jandavra is Sindhi or Gujarati. Though Dhatki is a Rajasthani language, it is heavily influenced by Sindhi and Kutchi.^{[ citation needed ]} Khetrani shares grammatical features with both Sindhi and Saraiki but is not mutually intelligible with either. ^[4]

See also

• Sindhi language
• Gujarati languages
• Punjabi dialects

Notes

1. Includes variants and dialects

References

1. "Glottolog 4.8 – Sindhic". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
2. Lewis, M. Paul; Gary F. Simons; Charles D. Fennig, eds. (2016). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (19th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
3. Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)
4. Elfenbein, Joseph H. (1994). "Notes on Khetrāni phonology". Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik. 19: 71–82. ISSN   0341-4191.