Multani
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Multani is a major dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in the Multan region of Pakistan.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Saraiki dialect
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dialect → |
| classificationStatus |
considered a dialect of Saraiki by most linguists
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| closelyRelatedTo |
Bahawalpuri dialect
→
Derawali dialect → Riasati dialect → |
| country |
Pakistan
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| geographicCenter |
city of Multan
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| hasAlternativeName |
Multani Saraiki
→
Multani dialect → |
| hasFeature |
retroflex consonants
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shares vocabulary with Punjabi → shares vocabulary with Sindhi → tonal contrasts similar to Punjabi → |
| influencedBy |
Punjabi language
→
Sindhi language → Urdu language → |
| ISO639Status |
covered by Saraiki [skr]
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|
| languageFamily |
Indo-Aryan languages
→
Indo-European languages → Indo-Iranian languages → |
| lexicalSimilarityWith |
Punjabi
→
Sindhi → |
| namedAfter |
Multan
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| partOf |
Saraiki dialect continuum
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|
| phonologicalFeature |
vowel length distinctions
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| primaryRegion |
Multan
→
Multan Division → |
| regionType |
Southwestern Punjab
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| scriptDirection |
right-to-left
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|
| sociolinguisticStatus |
regional dialect in Pakistan
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|
| spokenBy |
Saraiki people
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|
| spokenIn |
Balochistan, Pakistan
NERFINISHED
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan NERFINISHED → Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED → Sindh, Pakistan NERFINISHED → South Punjab → |
| subdivisionOf |
Saraiki language
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|
| usedBy |
rural population of Multan region
→
urban population of Multan region → |
| usedIn |
folk poetry
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local media → oral communication → |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
→
Perso-Arabic script → Shahmukhi script → |