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.
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, and border regions of
North Sindh and
Eastern Balochistan
(Like Multani or Riasti) and distinguishing itself from broader ones like that of Punjabi
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