Sindhi

E12831

Indo-Aryan language natural language

Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sindhi canonical	124
Sindhi language	18
Sindhi macrolanguage	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T81934 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sindhi
Context triple: [Pakistan, recognizedRegionalLanguage, Sindhi]

A. Gujarati
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and by Gujarati communities worldwide.
B. Urdu language
Urdu is a major South Asian language, written in a Perso-Arabic script and widely used in Pakistan and parts of India in literature, media, and everyday communication.
C. Punjabi language
Punjabi language is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and among large diaspora communities worldwide.
D. Pashto language
Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, serving as one of Afghanistan’s official languages and a key marker of Pashtun ethnic identity.
E. Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sindhi
Target entity description: Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India, known for its rich literary tradition and distinct script variants.

A. Gujarati
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and by Gujarati communities worldwide.
B. Urdu language
Urdu is a major South Asian language, written in a Perso-Arabic script and widely used in Pakistan and parts of India in literature, media, and everyday communication.
C. Punjabi language
Punjabi language is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan and among large diaspora communities worldwide.
D. Pashto language
Pashto is an Eastern Iranian language spoken primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, serving as one of Afghanistan’s official languages and a key marker of Pashtun ethnic identity.
E. Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-Aryan language widely spoken across northern and central India and used in government, education, media, and popular culture.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-Aryan language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Gujarati ⓘ Lahnda ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ linked to: Punjabi language
country	India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ
family	Indo-European languages ⓘ linked to: Indo-European language family
hasDialects	Kachchi (often considered closely related) ⓘ Lari ⓘ Lasi ⓘ Siroli ⓘ linked to: Potohari Thari ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code	sd ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code	snd ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	snd ⓘ
hasLinguisticAncestor	Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ linked to: Middle Indo-Aryan Old Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit) ⓘ linked to: Sanskrit
hasLiteraryTradition	Bhakti poetry ⓘ Sufi poetry ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive aspiration ⓘ retroflex consonants ⓘ rich system of implosive consonants ⓘ
hasScriptStandardization	standardized Arabic-based script in Pakistan ⓘ standardized Devanagari-based script in India ⓘ
hasWritingDirection	left-to-right in Devanagari script ⓘ right-to-left in Arabic script ⓘ
languageFamilyBranch	Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
notablePoet	Sachal Sarmast ⓘ Sami ⓘ Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ⓘ
officialStatus	provincial language of Sindh in Pakistan ⓘ recognized language in the Constitution of India ⓘ
primaryRegion	Sindh province of Pakistan ⓘ linked to: Sindh
recognizedBy	Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
region	Sindh ⓘ
scriptVariant	Sindhi-Arabic script ⓘ linked to: Perso-Arabic script Sindhi-Devanagari script ⓘ linked to: Devanagari script
significantCommunity	Gujarat ⓘ Kutch region ⓘ linked to: Kutch Madhya Pradesh ⓘ Maharashtra ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ
subfamily	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
usedInEducation	medium of instruction in Sindh schools ⓘ
usedInMedia	Sindhi-language newspapers ⓘ Sindhi-language radio ⓘ Sindhi-language television ⓘ
usesAdditionalLetters	Perso-Arabic-based script with extra letters for implosives ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ Devanagari script ⓘ
writingSystemOrigin	adapted from Perso-Arabic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (143)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sind → historicalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Karachi → language → Sindhi ⓘ

Gurmukhi → usedForLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → officialLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → regionalLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindh → hasLinguisticTradition → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Balochi → influencedBy → Sindhi ⓘ

British Sind → languageUsed → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Saraiki → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Hyderabad, Sindh → languageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Debal → languageRegion → Sindhi ⓘ

Eastern Arabic numerals → usedInLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Brahui people → bilingualismCommonWith → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Seraiki → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Sindhi ⓘ

Pakistani American → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Sindhi ⓘ

Malir District → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Karachi South District → languageUsed → Sindhi ⓘ

Landa scripts → associatedWithLanguage → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Provincial Assembly of Sindh → officialLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sindhi people → ethnonymLanguage → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Shikarpur District → hasMajorLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Thar and Parkar District → majorLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sukkur → primaryLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Larkana → majorLanguageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Multani → influencedBy → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Multani → lexicalSimilarityWith → Sindhi ⓘ

Jatki → sharesFeaturesWith → Sindhi ⓘ

Mirpur Khas → languageSpoken → Sindhi ⓘ

Lahnda → hasNeighboringLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sami → ethnicity → Sindhi ⓘ

Sami → languageOfWorkOrName → Sindhi ⓘ

Lari → partOf → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Lari → hasAncestor → Sindhi ⓘ

Lari → isDialectOf → Sindhi ⓘ

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → includesLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → hasNotableLanguage → Sindhi ⓘ

Sachal Sarmast → ethnicity → Sindhi ⓘ

Sachal Sarmast → languageOfWork → Sindhi ⓘ

Lasi → partOf → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Lasi → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Lasi → belongsTo → Sindhi macrolanguage ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Thari → subclassOf → Sindhi language ⓘ

linked to: Sindhi

Thari → closelyRelatedTo → Sindhi ⓘ

Balochistan, Pakistan → ethnicGroup → Sindhi ⓘ

Hyderabad (Sindh) → language → Sindhi ⓘ

subject linked to: Hyderabad

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