Sindhi languages

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Sindhi
Sindhic
Geographic
distribution		India, Pakistan, Iran, Oman
Linguistic classification Indo-European
Language codes
ISO 639-3 –
Glottolog sind1279

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

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Language [a] Speakers [2] Region(s)
Sindhi 38,000,000 Sindh, South Punjab, Balochistan, India
Kutchi 1,031,000 Kutch and Sindh
Memoni 1,800,000Sindh and Kathiawar (Gujarat, India)
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

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.
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