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	~~{{Portal\|United Kingdom\|Pakistan\|India}}~~
	* [[British Pakistanis]]		* [[British Pakistanis]]
	* [[British Indians]]		* [[British Indians]]

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{{Infobox Ethnic group
|group = British Sindhis
|image =
|caption =
|total = '''25,000''' (2011)<ref name="Ethno"/>
|popplace = Mainly [[England]]{{·}} Smaller communities in [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]]
|langs = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]{{·}} [[British English]]{{·}} [[Urdu]] or [[Hindi]]
|rels = [[Islam]]{{·}} [[Hinduism]]
|related = [[Sindhi diaspora]]{{·}} [[British Pakistanis]]{{·}} [[British Indians]]
}}
'''British Sindhis''' are [[United Kingdom|British]] citizens or residents who are of [[Sindhis|Sindhi]] origin.{{efn-lg|{{lang-sd|برطانوي سنڌي}} {{small|([[Arabic script|Arabic]])}}; {{lang|sd|ब्रिटेन जा सिंधी}} {{small|([[Devanagari]])}}}} They comprise a sizable segment of the [[British Pakistanis|British Pakistani]] and [[British Indians|British Indian]] communities.<ref name="David">{{cite web|title=The Sindhi Hindus of London – Language Maintenance or Language Shift?|first=Maya Khemlani|last=David|work=Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, [[University of Malaya]]|date=2 May 2001}}</ref>

==History==
The Sindhis originate from the [[Sindh]] region of southern [[Pakistan]]. Most Pakistani Sindhi immigrants are Muslims, with a minority of Hindus.<ref name="David"/> [[Sindhis in India|Indian Sindhis]], on the other hand, are mostly Hindus. They are secondary migrants, moving from Sindh to [[India]] following the 1947 [[partition of India]] and later settling in the UK.<ref name="David"/> There are also a smaller number of Christians.<ref name="David"/>

==Demographics==
Estimates of the total Sindhi population in the UK range from 15,000 to 30,000.<ref name="Alfonso">{{cite book
|title=Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in Theory and Research
|publisher=Routledge
|date=2004
|isbn=9781134390359|first=Carolin|last=Alfonso|first2=Waltraud|last2=Kokot|first3=Khachig|last3=Tölölyan|page=198, 300}}</ref><ref name="Payne">{{cite book|last1=Payne|first1=J.D.|title=Strangers Next Door: Immigration, Migration and Mission|date=2012|publisher=InterVarsity Press|isbn=9780830863419|page=184}}</ref> According to [[Ethnologue]], there are over 25,000 Sindhi-speakers in the country.<ref name="Ethno">{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/17/country/GB/|title=United Kingdom|work=Ethnologue|access-date=7 August 2016}}</ref> Some Sindhis are notable businesspeople, such as [[Sonu Shivdasani]] and the [[Hinduja Group|Hinduja family]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indians-dominate-the-top-50-list-of-asian-millionaires-in-uk/1/315597.html|title=The Asian millionaires|work=India Today|date=15 September 1990|access-date=7 August 2016|first=Amit|last=Roy}}</ref> There is a small [[Hinduism in Gibraltar|Sindhi community in Gibraltar]], a British Overseas Territory. The community dates back to 1860 and the majority possesses British citizenship.<ref name="Alfonso"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom|Pakistan|India}}
* [[British Pakistanis]]
* [[British Indians]]
* [[British Asians]]
* [[Sindhi diaspora]]

==Notes==
{{notelist-lg}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Sindhi diaspora}}
{{Overseas Pakistani}}
{{NRI-PIO}}
{{AsiansinUK}}

[[Category:British people of Sindhi descent| ]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Pakistani diaspora in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Sindhi diaspora]]

British Sindhis - Revision history

CleanupBot II: Removed empty portal template using script

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