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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 ...
Saraiki (سرائیکی Sarā'īkī; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group. [6] It is spoken by 28.84 million people, as per the 2023 Pakistani census, taking prevalence in Southern Punjab with remants in Northern Sindh and the Derajat region.
Saraiki is taught as a subject in schools and colleges at higher secondary and intermediate. [15] [16] Saraiki is also taught at degree level at the Allama Iqbal Open University at Islamabad, [17] and the Al-Khair University at Bhimbir have Pakistani Linguistics Departments. They offer M.Phil. and Ph.D in Saraiki.
Other dialects spoken by Indian Punjabis include Jafri, Saraiki Hindki, Jhangi, Thali, and Jatki. [3] Many Sairaiki-origin people (whose ancestors once lived in British India ) form a distinguished group of doctors, engineers, fashion designers, IT professionals. [ 4 ]
Download QR code; Print/export ... etc.) Saraiki, Sindhi, Somali, Sylheti ... Geographical distribution of the varieties of Arabic per Ethnologue and other sources:
Saraiki culture, the culture of the Saraiki Punjabi people of Pakistan; Saraiki diaspora, Saraiki people of Pakistan dispersed around the world; Saraiki literature, the literature of Saraiki Punjabi people of Pakistan; Saraiki music, music of Saraiki Punjabi people of Pakistan; Saraikistan, a geographical region and a proposed province in Pakistan
List of words peculiar to lari dialect of Sindhi. abhu (heavens, air), ãțō (an embrace, turn, return, dispute), ayal (mother, mamma (a term of endearment), bbijo (second, another), bhatu (a scorpion), bhatuari (a small scorpion), bhiranu (to meet; to mix, mingle) bhitao (property, goods and chattels) dduãr (illnesses, sickness, disease) jjērō (fire) juhārō "m" Juhārī "f" (the visit ...
Jatki was used in 19th-century British sources for what would later be called Saraiki, as well as for Khetrani. [6] Jaṭkī is also attested in local use in Balochistan as a name for these two languages as well as for Sindhi. [7] Jataki was used by 19th-century British writer Richard Francis Burton for a variety of the Saraiki language. [8]