Saraiki language
Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan
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Saraiki (sometimes spelled Siraiki and Seraiki) is a language of Pakistan. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language group and is closely related to the Punjabi language. It is spoken by about 26 million people as of 2017. Most of them are found in the south of the province of Punjab and also Northern Sindh. Many linguists consider it a mix of Punjabi and Sindhi.[2]
| Saraiki | |
|---|---|
| سرائیکی | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Southern Punjab, Northern Sindh, and Eastern Balochistan (Khetrani) |
Native speakers | 17 million (2007)[1] |
| Dialects | |
| Persian alphabet, Laṇḍā scripts particularly Gurumukhi, Devanagari script, Langdi script | |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | No official regulation |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skr |
References change
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ "Saraiki language, alphabet and pronunciation".
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