Saraiki language

Saraiki (sometimes spelled Siraiki and Siroli) is a dialect of Northern Sindhi or a independent language spoken in northern region of the Pakistani province of Sindh.^[1][2] It belongs to the Northern Sindhi group. Saraiki is native to northern Sindh, 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.

Saraiki
سَرَائُیکی, سرولی
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Northern Sindh, and Eastern Balochistan
Native speakers	20 million (2024)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Sindhi Northern Sindhi Saraiki
Writing system	Sindhi alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	skr

It is sometimes claimed to be a language, although it lacks certain traits to be referred to as a distinct language, and is widely recognized as a variety of Northern Sindhi.^[3]

Etymology

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 Sindhi

National day of Sindhi language and Sindhi culture is celebrated