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Locale Sd 001

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Use when working with the Sindhi locale (`sd-001`) — its endonym سنڌي, Arabic script, right-to-left (RTL) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.

Reference data for the Sindhi locale — endonym سنڌي, written in the Arabic script, right-to-left (RTL).

Identifiers

  • BCP 47 tag: sd-001
  • ISO 639-1: sd
  • ISO 639-3: snd
  • Script: Arab (Arabic)
  • Region: 001 (World)
  • Text direction: rtl — right-to-left (RTL)

Speakers (approximate)

  • L1 (native): 35,000,000
  • L2 (additional): 5,000,000
  • L1+L2 (total): 40,000,000

Set dir="rtl" for this locale (per Locale's text-direction guidance) rather than assuming left-to-right layout.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

  • one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
  • other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Sindhi (سنڌي) is an Indo-Aryan language of Sindh (Pakistan) written in a Perso-Arabic script, and of Sindhi communities in India, where Devanagari is also used. The default sd script is Arabic, written right to left; confirm the script for the audience.

Translate ideas, not words.

  • Sindhi is subject-object-verb with postpositions. Reorder English sentences.
  • Do not translate from Urdu; Sindhi has its own grammar and vocabulary and uses many extra letters.
  • Accept established English loans written in Sindhi script, and use Sindhi Language Authority terminology where it exists.

Grammar and register.

  • Two genders (masculine, feminine); verbs and adjectives agree. Postpositions follow nouns.
  • "اوهان" is the polite "you" for UI and public text; "تون" is informal.

Orthography and typography.

  • Sindhi has more letters than Urdu or Arabic for implosive and retroflex sounds (ڄ ڃ ڙ ٺ ٽ ڀ ڏ ڌ ڊ ڍ ڦ ڇ ڻ); never replace them with Urdu look-alikes.
  • Right-to-left; use the Arabic comma ،, semicolon ؛, and question mark ؟. Digits: Arabic-Indic or Western digits per project convention.
  • Follow the Sindhi Language Authority's standard orthography.

Common pitfalls

  • Substituting Urdu letters for Sindhi letters.
  • Breaking right-to-left display.
  • Using Urdu grammar or vocabulary.

Learn more

  • Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
  • Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
  • Sindhi Language Authority (سنڌي ٻوليءَ جو اٿارٽي)
  • Unicode Standard, Arabic block (Sindhi letters)

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