The Sindhi languages or Sindhic include Sindhi and its dialects as well as Indo-Aryan languages closely related to it.[1]
Sindhi | |
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Sindhic | |
Geographic distribution | India, Pakistan, Iran, Oman |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
Language codes | |
Glottolog | sind1279 |
Language[a] | Speakers[2] | Region(s) |
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Sindhi | 38,000,000 | Sindh, South Punjab, Balochistan, India |
Kutchi | 1,031,000 | Kutch and Sindh |
Memoni | 1,800,000 | Sindh 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]