It is also worth to mention that the kinship system, social setup, religion and other cultural patterns continue to exist and are less affected in comparison to language. It is used in the domestic domains and many formal ‘in group’ activities. In India, Sindhi is used as the home language by the vast majority of the community members. show a conscious utilization of a set of structural lexicons. Some of its activities like kinship structure, household items, food habits, clothes, religious rituals, ceremonies, customs etc.
The maintenance of a language is also achieved through the family set up. Their family setup, religion, rites, beliefs, customs, festivals and socio-cultural organizations etc played an important role in maintaining their linguistic and cultural identity in India.įamily, as an organized social structure plays an important role in the transmission of moral and cultural values. At the same time, they tried their level best to maintain their separate linguistic and cultural identity by adopting the positive outlook and constructive steps.
In the short period they successfully adjusted in the totally new situations and joined the Indian mainstream in a real sense by using the local/dominant languages, taking active part in the social, economical and political life of the country. Thus they were uprooted from their natural socio-cultural environment and monolingual set up and were transplanted into a new socio-cultural environment having multilingual set up. Main Factors of maintaining the Sindhi language and culture in India:ĭue to the Partition (1947), more than one million Sindhis were compelled to leave their homeland Sindh and as a result they were scattered in different parts of India. Apart from the language, its way of life, customs, beliefs and traditions etc are quite different from other communities.ġ0.1. The community has a great feeling of pride in its origin, rich traditions and literature (oral as well as written). The Indus valley civilization is one of the most ancient and highly developed civilization. The Sindhi community has a rich cultural heritage. The whole culture is learnt and transmitted through the language. Language is considered as the foundation of culture.