Sindhi in India

Speakers

2,772,264

Type

Location

Sindhi in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Sindhi in India

Size

2,772,264

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
Yes
Indigenous language
Yes

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Extended corpora is available in Sindhi language in form of grammars, textbooks, and other books. Digital libraary of Sindhi is also available on https://www.ncpsl.gov.in/digital_library

سنڌي بوليءَ جو گرامر ( Sindhi Bolia Jo Grammar)
https://archive.org/details/sindhi-bolia-jo-grammer-grammar-pdfdrive


Adabi Guldasto : An Advanced Course in Sindhi
https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=Adabi%20Guldasto%20:%20An%20Advanced%20Course%20in%20Sindhi

सिंध्यत जी सुगंधी | An Intermediate Course in Sindhi

नओं सिंधी व्याकरण - Dr. Lakshman Parshuram Hardwani
https://archive.org/details/dli.language.0209

https://lai.ciil.org/browse/language?value=Sindhi

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6rGKt53DQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80xIJycBIh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fbDIY9lgYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzrLeDXpsw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_u9EaNu8Cg
https://archive.org/search?query=sindhi&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22movies%22

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Material in form of folktales, stories and other audios is available in Sindhi language.
https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.RS-666-AC
https://archive.org/details/dni.ncaa.RS-454-AC
https://www.sindhisangat.com/sindhi-kahaniyun.php

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
Grammar Of The Sindhi Language
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532566

A comparative grammar of the modern Aryan languages of India : to wit, Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Oṛiya, and Bangali - Beames, John, 1837-1902
https://archive.org/details/acomparativegra03beamgoog

Partial Word Order Syntax of Urdu/Sindhi and Linear Specification Language
https://archive.org/details/070702-partial/mode/2up

Grammar Of Sindhi Language- Capt. George Stack
https://archive.org/details/grammer-of-sindhi-language-by-dr.-fahmida-hussain

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Sindhi is written with Khudawadi script. It is also written using Arabic (Naskh variant), Devanagari, Gurmukhi and Khojki scripts.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country
Comments
https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Sindhi

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2772264
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use
Comments
State

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

  • Language not used
  • Translations
  • Healthcare information
  • Nursing care (incl. elderly)
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion