Sindhi

Sindhi is one of the 22 official languages of India and is the official language of the Sindh province in Pakistan. It is also one of the scheduled languages of Pakistan. Sindhi is spoken by approximately 41 million people in Pakistan and India, making it the 44th most widely spoken language in the world. Sindhi is written in the Arabic script and is one of the few languages to have been written in all three scripts of the Indic family: Devanagari, Perso-Arabic, and Gurmukhi. It is believed that Sindhi was first written in the Devanagari script, which was later replaced by the Perso-Arabic script during the Muslim period. Sindhi has a rich literary tradition and is one of the oldest languages in the world. The first Sindhi book was written in the 9th century and the first Sindhi newspaper was published in 1871. Sindhi is also the first language to have been declared as a classical language of India by the Government of India in 2013. Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language and is closely related to Hindi and Punjabi. It is also one of the few languages to have been influenced by both Sanskrit and Persian. Sindhi is an official language in Pakistan and is also one of the scheduled languages of India. It is spoken by approximately 41 million people in Pakistan and India.