Sindhi language

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

Sindhi
سنڌي,, Sindhī
Native toPakistan, India. Also Hong Kong, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, UAE, UK, USA
RegionSindh and Gujarat
Native speakers
54.3 million
Indo-European
Arabic, Devanagari
Official status
Official language in
Sindh, Pakistan
Gujarat, India
Regulated bySindhi Language Authority (Pakistan)
Language codes
ISO 639-1sd
ISO 639-2snd
ISO 639-3snd
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Nepali
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