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Saraiki is the first language of approximately 29 million people in Pakistan according to the 2023 census. [7] The first national census of Pakistan to gather data on the prevalence of Saraiki was the census of 1981. [43] In that year, the percentage of respondents nationwide reporting Saraiki as their native language was 9.83.
It was used to write Saraiki, often considered a dialect of Lahnda group of languages. [1] The script was used for routine writing and commercial activities. Multani is one of four Landa scripts whose usage was extended beyond the mercantile domain and formalized for literary activity and printing; the others being Gurmukhi, Khojki, and Khudabadi.
Saraiki has a 43-letter alphabet which include four letters that are not used in standard Shahmukhi. [3] Another difference the Saraiki alphabet has with standard Shahmukhi is the disuse of the already uncommon Lam with tah above which is present in the standard form.
Riasti is a term used for a group of Lahnda varieties spoken in the Cholistan Desert along the banks of the river Sutlej in the southern Punjab, Pakistan.Its definition is imprecise, and is usually taken to refer to the central and southern dialects of Saraiki language which were spoken in the former riasat (transl. state) of Bahawalpur, in what are now the Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan ...
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Saraiki literature refers to works written in Saraiki, an Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken in the northern regions of Sindh, Pakistan. Written in the Arabic script, similar to Urdu and Punjabi , Saraiki is spoken by millions across districts such as Sukkur and Shikarpur.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the accepted version, checked on 23 February 2025. There are template/file changes awaiting review. Multi-ethnic group in Pakistan Ethnic group Saraikis سرائیکی Depiction of Saraiki men near Derawar Fort Total population c. 20 million Regions with significant populations Pakistan 20,324,637 Languages Saraiki Religion Majority Sunni Islam ...