Seraiki

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Seraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Siraiki 2
Lahnda 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
associatedWith Saraiki culture
Saraiki literature
Saraiki poetry
closelyRelatedTo Lahnda
Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Sindhi
hasAlternativeName Saraiki
Seraiki
surface form: Siraiki
hasDialects Derawali
Khetrani
Multani
Riasti
surface form: Riasati

Thali
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian

Sindhi
hasLinguisticAncestor Apabhraṃśa of Northwestern Indo-Aryan
hasMajorCity Bahawalpur
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
Multan
Rahim Yar Khan
hasNativeName Saraiki
surface form: سرائیکی
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi
hasScriptDirection right-to-left
hasStandardForm Multani-based variety
ISO639-3Code skr
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
recognizedBy Government of Pakistan as a regional language
region Saraikistan (proposed region)
spokenBy Saraiki people
spokenIn Balochistan, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan
Sindh
surface form: Sindh, Pakistan
spokenPrimarilyIn central Pakistan
southern Pakistan
southern Punjab, Pakistan
subclassOf Western Punjabi languages
usedAs regional language in Pakistan
usedInMedia regional radio in Pakistan
regional television in Pakistan
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Shahmukhi script

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saraiki closelyRelatedTo Seraiki
this entity surface form: Lahnda
Saraiki hasAlternateName Seraiki
Saraiki hasAlternateName Seraiki
this entity surface form: Siraiki
Seraiki hasAlternativeName Seraiki
this entity surface form: Siraiki
Nawabshah languageSpoken Seraiki
Sindh regionalLanguage Seraiki