Learn the Sindhi grammar such as prepositions, negation, questions, adverbs. For example: I speak Sindhi and English the preposition is and because it connects both words Sindhi and English. For example: I gave him my book. Sindhi language is written from right hand side while English from left hand side. Example This is English. ﻲﻫآ يﮅﻨﺳ ﻲﻫ 2. In Sindhi language the auxiliaries such as ،ﻲﻫآ ،ﺎﭤ ،ﻮﭤ ﻦهﺁ appear at the end of the sentence, while in English auxiliaries appear in middle of the sentence. Example This is my book.
sindhiSindhi Essay Sindhi by J. Cole, 2001 - Long essay on the language, grammar, phonology, dialects, relationship to other languages and current state. Sindhi by J. Cole, 2005 - Info about the Sindhi language, grammar, phonology & current status. The Sindhi Language by J. Cole, 2006 - Info about the history, dialects, grammar, phonology and languages related to Sindhi. Wikipedia Sindhi - Basic info on the history of Sindhi, phonology, writing system, Arabic influence on Sindhi and links. What's special about the Sindhi language & why you should care by J. Cole - Interesting presentation on the history of Sindhi, scripts used to write Sindhi, basic grammar, culture & language preservation. Sindhi Language & Literature: Current Trends - Essay on the history of Sindhi literature & language and its status in India & Pakistan Omniglot Sindhi - Info on Sindhi scripts & their origin, with a chart of letters in the Perso-Arabic & Devanagari scripts used to write Sindhi. Courses Let's Learn Sindhi - Downloadable multimedia course with audio, vocabulary, conversations, grammar, script lessons and limited exercises. Sindhi Online - 3 lessons so far, with dialogs, grammar and exercises. Also has a small picture vocabulary section. Note: site is still in progress. Websites TalkingIndian - A collection of Sindhi vocabulary in romanization. Learn Sindhi - 24 short lessons which presents vocabulary and sentences in Sindhi. Uses 2 scripts, scan quality is rather poor. Sindhi Language - Information on the language, history, script, and a collection of proverbs and vocabulary with audio & pictures. Field Support Online - Lots of Sindhi phrasebooks available to download with audio, some armed forces related. Script Sindhi Online - A chart of all the letters, showing each in different positions, exercises & example words. E-books Grammar of the Sindhi Language by Dr. E. Trumpp, 1872 - Very thorough, descriptive grammar of Sindhi compared with Sanskrit and other Indian languages. Forums Phrasebase Sindhi - Very small forum with only one thread. However, you may find some help if you post. Blogs ISpeakSindhi - Words and phrases in Sindhi with short podcasts for each. Authentic Material Glimpses of Sindhi World - Poetry and prose in Sindhi and translated into English, with articles on Sindhi literature and poetry. Sindhi Authors - Biographies of prominent Sindhi authors and audio readings. Sindhi Adabi Board Online Library - Lots of books available to read online on a wide range of subjects. Sindh TV News - News and videos in Sindhi from Pakistan. Technical A Sindhi-English Dictionary by P. Mewaram, 1910 - Online searchable dictionary with script and romanization. Sindhi-English Dictionary - Searchable dictionary with script & romanization. Lipikaar - A Firefox & Windows download for typing phonetically in the Devanagari Sindhi script. Simple & easy to use. Sindhi & Urdu - Keyboard layout and downloadable fonts for typing in Sindhi (Perso-Arabic script). Voice of Sindh, Majid Bhurgid's Homepage, Sindhi Unicode Fonts - Different styles of Perso-Arabic Sindhi fonts to download. |
Sindhi to English dictionaries are bilingual dictionaries which provide English equivalents of Sindhi language words.
Compilations of Sindhi and English terms were created for non-Sindhi speaking students in the early 1800s.[1]The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta published articles with vocabulary lists in 1836 and 1843.[1] Sindhi was one of the languages included in Leech's 1943 vocabularies of Indic languages for the British government.[1] In 1849, George Stack published a Sindhi to English dictionary consisting of 15,000 terms, followed in 1855 by an English to Sindhi dictionary with 17000 terms, in which he used the Devanagari script.[2] Father G. Shirt published a Sindhi to English dictionary in 1879 in which he used Arabic script and which became the basis for a number of other versions, including Parmanand Mewarm's 1910 and 1933 works.[2] Beginning in the 1960s, Deccan College began work[3] on a dictionary with both Devanagari and Arabic characters which included contemporary usage and cross references.[2]Sirajul Haque Memon was the chief editor of the Oxford English-Sindhi Dictionary.[4]
In addition to standard dictionaries, concise dictionaries have been compiled by Shahani.[3]
Yadgar Sindhi to English Dictionary is a reference work edited by A. D. Shah and Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti and published by Yadgar Publishers.It is a bilingual dictionary and contains over 8000 English meanings of Sindhi words.[5]
Electronic dictionaries and software that converts Sindhi into English and English into Sindhi have also been developed.
References[edit]
- ^ abcDatta, Amaresh (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1037–. ISBN9788126011940. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ abcHausmann, Franz Josef (1991). Dictionnaires. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 2516–. ISBN9783110124217. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ abSebeok, Thomas Albert (1970). Current Trends in Linguistics. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 213–. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^'Siraj Memon, an icon of Sindhi literature, passes away at 79'. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^Yadgar Sindhi to English Dictionary - The Sindh Times Feb. 02, 2004
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