Back Saraiki Afrikaans सराइकी ANP اللغة السرائيكية Arabic سرائیک دیلی AZB সারাইকি ভাষা Bengali/Bangla Seraiki (llengua) Catalan زمانی سەرائیکی CKB Saraiki German Saraiki language English زبان سرائیکی Persian
| Saraiki | |
|---|---|
| سَرَائُیکی, سرولی | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Northern Sindh, and Eastern Balochistan |
Native speakers | 20 million (2024)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Sindhi alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skr |
Saraiki (sometimes spelled Siraiki and Siroli) is a dialect of Northern Sindhi or a independent language spoken in northern region of the Pakistani province of Sindh.[1][2] It belongs to the Northern Sindhi group. Saraiki is native to northern Sindh, while it is also spoken in parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan; as well as by partition migrants and their descendants in India.
It is sometimes claimed to be a language, although it lacks certain traits to be referred to as a distinct language, and is widely recognized as a variety of Northern Sindhi.[3]
- ↑ "Siraiki: Language or Dialect?". www.researchgate.net.
- ↑ Shackle, Christopher (2010). "Lahnda". In Brown, Keith; Ogilvie, Sarah (eds.). Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 9780080877754.
- ↑ "Siraiki: Language or Dialect?". www.researchgate.net.