Saraiki language
سرائیکی Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language of the Western Punjabi) group, spoken in the south-western half of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. Saraiki is to a high degree mutually intelligible with Standard Punjabi and shares with it a large portion of its vocabulary and morphology . At the same time in its phonology it is radically different (particularly in the lack of tones, the preservation of the voiced aspirates and the development of implosive consonants), and has important grammatical features in common with the Sindhi language spoken to the south. The Saraiki language identity arose in the 1960s, encompassing more narrow local earlier identities (Like Multani or Riasti) and distinguishing itself from broader ones like that of Punjabi Saraiki is the first language of 20 million people in Pakistan , ranging across the South Punjab , southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
