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Shah Abdul Latif was a renowned Sindhi Muslim Scholar, poet, and musician.

The Sindhi literature started gaining popularity in the 18 th century. The ancient record of Sindhi literature is shown in the musical composition of Shah Abdul Karim. The largest Sindhi-speaking city in Pakistan is Hyderabad. Moreover, it is the administrative language of Sindh. The educated class uses this dialect and it is known as the language of literature and education. Kachhi in the Kutch region is situated in a part of Kathiawar in Gujarat.Īmong all these dialects, Vicholi is the standard dialect that is followed by all Sindhi speakers.Thari or Thareli that is spoken in Tharu, is the desert area in the Southern part of Sindh.Lasi that is spoken in Lasa, is part of the Kohistan in Balochistan that is situated on the western side of the Sindh.Vicholi is spoken in Vicholi Central Sindh.There are six main dialects of Sindhi language. No doubt Sindhi has a common base with many of the languages but still, it is an independent language. Historians, despite their hard work, we're unable to trace the exact origin of Sindhi language. The Sindhi dialect has observed many changes over the period. The base of Sindhi language is from Prakrit and Sanskrit that made this language very flexible in taking words from Arabic, Persian, and Dravidian. Sindh valley was on the northwest of the sub-continent and was initially invaded by invasions of Mughals, Turks, Arabs, Greeks, and even Portuguese. The Sindhi language evolved over a period of two thousand years. The beauty of Sindhi can be seen in the beautiful literary work of renowned poets and writers of the time. It represents the rishis and saints of ancient Sindh. It sounds like music and each word in Sindhi ends up with a vowel sound. Sindhi is considered a melodious language. Its importance can be judged by the fact that it is the only language in Pakistan that is used to issue Identity cards to citizens other than Urdu. Moreover, there are three million Sindhi speakers who are from the area of Kutch India. It is the official language of Sindh and is the third most spoken language in Pakistan.

Over 34 million people in Pakistan are native Sindhi speakers.

Sindhi is among the most important languages in Pakistan. Because of Arabic script, many people think that Sindhi is the Persio-Arabic tongue but the truth is that Sindhi is purely Sanskritical language and its grammatical formation is concerned, it is free from foreign characteristics as compared to other languages. The Sindhi language is written in Arabic script. Sindhi is one of the oldest languages and seventy percent of the words used in the Sindhi Language are from the Sanskrit language.