Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language with about 17 million speakers in the south-eastern province of Sind in Pakistan and about 2.8 million people in India. The Sindhi language first appeared in writing in the 8th century AD. Sindhi literature, in particular lyric poetry, began to appear towards the end of the 15th century. During the 19th century, the Landa script was adapted to write Sindhi.

The modern Sindhi abjad is based on the version of the Perso-Arabic script used to write Urdu and was adopted, under British influence, in 1852. In India Sindhi is also written with the Devanagari script.

SINDHI is spoken in Sindh Province of Pakistan. Also spoken in UAE, India, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, and USA. SINDHI BHIL is spoken in Sindh Province, Mohrano, Badin-Matli-Thatta, Ghorabari (on west). Sindhi Meghwar are scattered in an area from Badin-Matli to Tando Allahyar.

SINDHI speaking people are 1,69,92,000 in Pakistan, including 12,00,000 Hindu Sindhi. Population total in all countries is 1,97,20,000 or more. Three letter code for Sindhi is SND.

SINDHI: Some southern Bhil groups speak dialects of Sindhi. Katiavari Kachi has 77% lexical similarity with Sindhi. 100,000 speakers in rural Sindh came originally from the Kathiawar Peninsula in India. They are solidly Muslim, have widespread bilingualism in Sindh, and are almost completely assimilated with the Sindhi people. Some Hindu speakers are first language speakers, most are second language speakers. Shikari (hunter) Bhils are a nomadic group of 2,000 to 3,000 who live in southern Sindh Province, centered around Badin, and have adopted the Sindhi language. Some are Hindu, others are Muslim. They are not literate.

SINDHI BHIL: Badin is close to Sindhi. Mohrani has 82% lexical similarity with Sindhi; Sindhi Bhil has 89% with Sindhi Meghwar. They can converse in Sindhi, those in Mohrano area also in Dhatki. Women use Sindhi Bhil when talking to Sindhi and Dhatki speakers. Speakers consider the Mohrano dialect to be different from Sindhi and Dhatki. There is a positive attitude toward its use in traditional ceremonies. They have positive attitudes toward the Dhatki Bhil and Marwari Bhil, and there is intermarriage with them. The Dhatki Bhil tend to look down on the Sindhi Bhil. The Sindhi Bhil look with favor on the idea of literature in their language.