Sindhi languages

Sindhi
Sindhi
Geographic; distribution	India, Pakistan
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Sindhi; ; ; ;
Glottolog	sind1279

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The Sindhi languages are Sindhi and those Indo-Aryan languages closest to it. They include some varieties traditionally considered to be Gujarati:

Language^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Speakers^[1]	Region(s)
Sindhi	38,000,000	Sindh
Kutchi	1,031,000	Kutch and Sindh
Memoni	1,800,000	Kathiawar and Sindh
Luwati	30,000	Oman
Jadgali	?	Dashtiari County (Iran)
Khetrani	100,000	Balochistan (Pakistan)
Kholosi	1,800	Hormozgan Province (Iran)

Lasi and Sindhi Bhil are sometimes added, but are commonly considered dialects of Sindhi proper.^[2] It's not clear if Jandavra is Sindhi or Gujarati.

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↑ Includes variants and dialects

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[1] Includes variants and dialects

[2] Template:E19

[3] Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

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