Learn Sindhi: Sindhi alphabet chart and letters

Sindhi came to India with the families who moved from Sindh in 1947. They settled across the country, most of all in Gujarat (Kutch, Ahmedabad, Gandhidham), Maharashtra (Ulhasnagar, Mumbai, Pune) and Rajasthan. In India it is written in Devanagari or in the Perso-Arabic script.

Sindhi vowels

Sindhi	Written in English	Sounds like
अ	a	'a' as in 'about'
आ	ā (aa)	'a' as in 'father'
इ	i	'i' as in 'sit'
ई	ī (ee)	'ee' as in 'feet'
उ	u	'u' as in 'put'
ऊ	ū (oo)	'oo' as in 'pool'
ए	e	'e' as in 'they'
ऐ	ai	'ai' as in 'aisle'
ओ	o	'o' as in 'go'
औ	au	'ou' as in 'out'
अं	am / an	a nasal sound, as in 'hung' (anusvara)

Sindhi consonants

कka
खkha
गga
घgha
ङṅa

चcha
छchha
जja
झjha
ञña

टṭa
ठṭha
डḍa
ढḍha
णṇa

तta
थtha
दda
धdha
नna

पpa
फpha
बba
भbha
मma

यya
रra
लla
वva

शsha
षṣha
सsa
हha

The dotted letters are said with the tongue curled back (ṭa, ḍa, ṇa). Sindhi in India is written in Devanagari or in the Perso-Arabic script; this page uses Devanagari.

Letters only Sindhi uses: the implosives, said while drawing air in

ॻga (implosive)
ॼja (implosive)
ॾḍa (implosive)
ॿba (implosive)

Vowel signs

After a consonant, each vowel is written as a sign joined to it. Here they are with क:

कka
काkā
किki
कीkī
कुku
कूkū
केke
कैkai
कोko
कौkau
कंkam

Everyday Sindhi phrases

सलामsalāmHello
कीअं आहियो?kīaṁ āhiyo?How are you?
मां ठीक आहियां, मेहरबानी।māṁ ṭhīk āhiyāṁ, meharbānī.I am fine, thank you.
रेलवे स्टेशन किथे आहे?relve sṭeshan kithe āhe?Where is the railway station?
ही केतरे जो आहे?hī ketre jo āhe?How much is this?
हा / नhā / naYes / no

About Sindhi

Sindhi is one of the 22 languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India; it is not the official language of any one state. The 2011 Census counted 27.7 lakh people in India whose mother tongue it is. It is written in Devanagari and in the Perso-Arabic script. It was added to the Eighth Schedule in 1967.