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sndSindhi  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Sindhi (Sindhi: ) is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division. It is the second most spoken language in all of Pakistan and is theoretically the official language of the province of Sindh, although Urdu and English are still the main languages for many administrative and business purposes. It is also spoken in India by some 5,820,485 speakers. In India, Sindhi is one of the scheduled languages officially recognized by the federal government. Abroad there are some 2.6 million Sindhis, out of which approximately 60% are Pakistani and 40% are Indian.

Entry terms

  • Sindhi language

ISO 639-1 code

  • sd

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • snd

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • snd

ISO 639-3 code

  • snd

Notation

  • snd

In other languages

  • sindhî

    French

  • sindhi
  • Sindhi
  • Sindhi

    German

  • sindhi

    Italian

  • Lingua sindhi
  • Portuguese

  • Língua sindi
  • sindhi

    Spanish

  • Idioma sindhi

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/snd

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