Jatki

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Jatki is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in parts of Pakistan.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect
regional dialect
closelyRelatedTo Lahnda dialects
Saraiki
country Pakistan
hasAncestor Middle Indo-Aryan languages
Old Indo-Aryan languages
hasFeature ergative alignment in past tenses
gendered nouns
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasWritingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
ISO639Family Indo-European languages
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
languageOf Saraiki ethnic communities
linguisticTypology SOV word order
partOf Saraiki language
region border areas of Sindh and Balochistan
southern Punjab
sharesFeaturesWith Punjabi
Saraiki
Sindhi
spokenIn Balochistan, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Sindh, Pakistan NERFINISHED
subclassOf Indo-Aryan dialect
usedFor everyday communication
folk poetry
oral tradition
usesScriptVariant Saraiki alphabet

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lahnda
Saraiki
hasDialects

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