Derawali

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Derawali is a regional dialect of the Saraiki language spoken primarily in and around the Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan areas of Pakistan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Saraiki dialect
dialect
regional dialect
closelyRelatedTo Multani dialect
Riasati dialect
Saraiki
surface form: standard Saraiki
country Pakistan
hasFeature phonological variation from other Saraiki dialects
regional lexical items specific to Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan
shares core vocabulary with Saraiki
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Indo-Iranian languages
partOf Derajat linguistic area
primaryRegion Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
regionType Derajat
scriptVariant Saraiki alphabet
spokenIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Punjab, Pakistan
subdivisionOf Saraiki
surface form: Saraiki language
usedBy Saraiki-speaking communities in Dera Ghazi Khan
Saraiki-speaking communities in Dera Ismail Khan
writingSystem Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

Perso-Arabic script

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Lahnda hasDialects Derawali
Saraiki hasDialects Derawali
Seraiki hasDialects Derawali