This audio supported Online Virtual School of Sindhi language (on elementary level) was developed and hosted by Romanized Sindhi Founding Committee, who thank ASAA/AGSA, I. I. of Sindhology Adipur and several Sindhi language specialists who helped achieve approval of version of Romanized Sindhi Script used herein, for Global Sindhi use.

Introduction

Prof Dr Devendra Kodwani,

Executive Dean and Head of Business School
The Open University U.K
(Founding Life Member and Honorary Technical Adviser on the project of Romanized Sindhi)



Introduction

Hello and Welcome to the your gateway to learning Sindhi. If you are Sindhi or want to speak and listen to Sindhi language, you will find these resources very helpful. Do not worry if you cannot read Sindhi in Arabic or Devnagiri script. We have created these resources in standardised Roman English so that you can still understand spoken and written Sindhi.

Listen and speak Sindhi sounds

Sindhi is a very rich language. The audio-video tutorials will help you to listen to Sindhi sounds. The consonants and vowels tutorials introduce to Sindhi alphabet. Do you know that there are 52 alphabets in Sindhi? Come and explore these sounds (http://romanizedsindhi.org/audiochart.aspx). You will find that there are some unique Sindhi sounds not found in any other language. The alphabet audio chart can be downloaded as pdf and printed for easy reference and learning and teaching.

Build your Sindhi word power

Sindhi vocabulary is also rich. Without knowledge of words in Sindhi you will struggle to speak or to understand spoken Sindhi. We have therefore, provided a unique Sindhi-English-Roman-Arabic Audio Dictionary (http://romanizedsindhi.org/audiodictionary.aspx). Come and explore Sindhi words for English words or English Words for Sindhi words in this unique dictionary.

Get a glimpse of rich Sindhi culture

The beauty of spoken language and culture is conveyed by proverbs and saying. There are thousands of such proverbs that convey practical wisdom in Sindhi too. Consider this pithy advice on speaking carefully.
In Sindhi it is said
"Uhaaee zibaan usa me'n vihaare
Uhaaee zibaan chhaa'nva me'n vihaare
" Meaning person who speaks well earns respect. But with same tongue language can harm one. Explore these among these learning resources here (http://romanizedsindhi.org/storiesandjokes.aspx)

We hope you will use the resources on Romanizedsindhi.org and enjoy your language. We hope you will spread the word to others also who may like to learn Sindhi.

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