Khetrani

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Khetrani is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken by communities in parts of Pakistan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khetrani canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language variety
dialect
regional dialect
closelyRelatedTo Saraiki
surface form: Lahnda (Western Punjabi)

Saraiki
codeSwitchingWith Punjabi
Saraiki
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
countryOfficialLanguageContext Urdu language
surface form: Pakistan’s national language is Urdu, not Khetrani
endangermentStatus vulnerable
hasLinguisticFeature SOV word order
ergative alignment in past transitive constructions
grammatical gender
postpositions instead of prepositions
hasMedium primarily oral
hasSociolinguisticFeature limited presence in formal education
limited presence in print media
often considered a dialect rather than a separate language
ISO639Status may not have a separate ISO 639-3 code and may be grouped under Saraiki or Lahnda
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
surface form: Indo-Aryan
languageShiftTowards Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi

Saraiki
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
linguisticClassificationNote classification sometimes varies between sources
partOf Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
regionType spoken in tribal and semi-tribal areas
scriptVariant Urdu alphabet
spokenBy Khetrani people
spokenInCountry Pakistan
spokenInRegion Balochistan, Pakistan
surface form: Balochistan

Punjab, Pakistan
status minority language variety
subdivisionOf Saraiki
surface form: Saraiki language
usedByCommunity rural communities
usedInDomain home and community communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Perso-Arabic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Saraiki hasDialects Khetrani
Seraiki hasDialects Khetrani
Lahnda hasDialects Khetrani
Khetrani people ethnicity Khetrani
Khetrani people hasDemonym Khetrani
Lahanda hasDialect Khetrani
subject surface form: Lahnda