Derajat linguistic area

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The Derajat linguistic area is a dialect region in western Punjab and adjacent areas where closely related varieties of Punjabi and Saraiki, including Derawali, are spoken.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect region
linguistic area
adjacentTo Balochistan, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
borderedBy Indus River
characterizedBy closely related varieties of Punjabi and Saraiki
hasCenter Dera Fateh Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
hasDialect Derawali
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Saraiki
hasFeature dialect continuum between Punjabi and Saraiki
gradual transition of speech forms
mixed identification as Punjabi or Saraiki
shared lexical items among local dialects
shared phonological features among local dialects
hasLanguageVariety Saraiki
surface form: Derawali dialect of Saraiki

northwestern varieties of Saraiki
southwestern varieties of Punjabi
historicalRegion Derajat
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
locatedIn Pakistan
South Asia
western Punjab region
surface form: western Punjab
namedAfter Derajat region
partOf Punjabi language area
Saraiki
surface form: Saraiki language area
relevantFor dialectology of Indo-Aryan languages
usedIn sociolinguistic studies of Punjabi and Saraiki

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Derawali partOf Derajat linguistic area