Saraiki people

E79392
Indo-Aryan people ethnic group

The Saraiki people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group primarily inhabiting south-central Pakistan, known for their distinct Saraiki language, rich Sufi cultural traditions, and agrarian heritage.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Saraiki ethnic group 0 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people →
ethnic group →
associatedRegion Saraikistan NERFINISHED →
associatedRiver Indus River →
country Pakistan →
culturalExpression Saraiki music →
Saraiki poetry →
Sufi devotional music →
culturalHeritage agrarian heritage →
culturalTradition Sufi culture →
demonym Saraiki →
diasporaCountry Canada →
Saudi Arabia →
United Arab Emirates →
United Kingdom →
United States of America →
surface form: United States
ethnonym Saraiki →
folkGenre Kafi →
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages →
linguisticClassification Lahnda →
majorCityRegion Bahawalpur →
Dera Ghazi Khan →
Multan →
Rahim Yar Khan →
majorReligion Sunni Islam →
nativeLanguage Saraiki →
surface form: Saraiki language
notablePoet Khawaja Ghulam Farid →
Sachal Sarmast →
politicalMovement Saraiki province movement →
primaryRegion Dera Ismail Khan Division →
eastern Balochistan →
northern Sindh →
southern Punjab, Pakistan →
surface form: south-central Pakistan

southern Punjab, Pakistan →
surface form: southern Punjab
recognizedAs distinct ethnolinguistic group →
relatedEthnicGroup Baloch people →
Hindko people →
Punjabi people →
Rajasthani →
surface form: Rajasthani people

Sindhi people →
religion Islam →
religiousTradition Sufism →
traditionalDress shalwar kameez →
traditionalHeadgear turban →
traditionalOccupation agriculture →
animal husbandry →
writingSystem Arabic script →
Perso-Arabic script →
writingSystemVariant Shahmukhi script →

Referenced by (5)

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

Saraiki → hasEthnicGroup → Saraiki people →
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Multani → spokenBy → Saraiki people →
Seraiki → spokenBy → Saraiki people →
Riasti → usedBy → Saraiki people →
this entity surface form: Saraiki ethnic group