Saraiki people
The Saraikis (Panjabi: سرائیکی قوم) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, native to South of Punjab province of Pakistan, but are found all over Pakistan, mainly in Derajat region.[1][2] They are known as Multanis and Bahawalpuri in India.[3] They speak Saraiki dialect of Panjabi.
They National day of Saraiki is celebrated on November 22.
Etymology
changeThe word Saraiki is probably derived from Sindhi word Sirai, which means native people of Siro/Sero region in ancient Sindh, which is corrupted term of Sauvira an ancient kingdom mentioned in Mahabharata.[4] the Siraiki term is still used in Sindh, for a Sindhi dialect which is spoken by Sindhi Sirai Jats and Sindhi balochs, today Sindhi Siraiki is renamed as Siroli/Sireli.[5] to not get it confused with Saraiki language of South Punjab, both have small similarities.
References
change- ↑ "About Punjab - TDCP, The Official Site of Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab". 2007-12-02. Archived from the original on 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Qadeer, Mohammad (2006-11-22). Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-18617-4.
- ↑ Bhatia, Tej K.; Ritchie, William C. (2008-04-15). The Handbook of Bilingualism. John Wiley & Sons. p. 803. ISBN 9780470756744.
- ↑ Khuhro, Hamida; Sind; Oxford University Press, eds. (1981). Sind through the centuries: proceedings of an international seminar held in Karachi in Spring 1975 by the Department of Culture, Government of Sind. Oxford Pakistan paperbacks. Karachi Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577250-0.
- ↑ Simpson, Andrew, ed. (2007). Language and national identity in Asia. Oxford linguistics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922648-1.
