Saraiki language
| Saraiki | |
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| سَرَائُیکی, سرولی | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Southern Punjab, Northern Sindh, and Eastern Balochistan |
Native speakers | 20 million (2024) |
| Shahmukhi | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skr |
Saraiki (sometimes spelled Siraiki) Indo-Aryan language spoken in southern region of the Pakistani province of Punjab by the ethnic Saraiki people.[1][2] It is closely related to Sindhi and Punjabi, It belongs to the Western Punjabi group known as Lahnda. Saraiki is native to southern Punjab, while it is also spoken in parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan; as well as by partition migrants and their descendants in India although it is dying out among partition migrants within India as it becomes replaced by the more mainstream Hindi.
It is generally considered a distinct language, but it is sometimes classified as a variety of Punjabi or Sindhi.[3]
Etymology
[change | change source]The word Saraiki is probably derived from the Sindhi word Siraiki for its own dialect,[4] which means dialect of Sero/Siro (Sauvīra) region in ancient Sindh.[5] today the name of Siraiki dialect of Sindhi is changed to Siroli/Sireli to not create confusion.[6]
National day of Saraiki
[change | change source]National day of Saraiki culture is celebrated on November 22.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Siraiki: Language or Dialect?". www.researchgate.net.
- ↑ Shackle, Christopher (2010). "Lahnda". In Brown, Keith; Ogilvie, Sarah (eds.). Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 9780080877754.
- ↑ "Siraiki: Language or Dialect?". www.researchgate.net.
- ↑ "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ↑ "Siraiki language | History, Dialects & Writing System | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ↑ Simpson, Andrew, ed. (2007). Language and national identity in Asia. Oxford linguistics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922648-1.
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