Saraiki
Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan
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Summary
Saraiki is a natural language[1]. Saraiki draws 3,889 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #153 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: India[3], Pakistan[4], United Arab Emirates[5], Saudi Arabia[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7], dialect continuum[8], geolect[9], ethnolect[10]
- Subclass of: Punjabi dialects and languages[11]
- Writing system: Saraiki Shahmukhi[12], Multani[13], Langdi[14], Gurmukhi[15], Devanagari[16]
- Wikimedia language code: skr[17]
- Has part(s): Derawali[18], Multani[19], Khetrani[20], Jatki[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Saraiki language[22]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 20,009,000[23]
- Partially coincident with: Lehndi[24]
- Native label: سرائیکی[25]
- Different from: Siroli[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SKR[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[28]
- Entry in abbreviations table: mult.[29]
Why It Matters
Saraiki has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Saraiki is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]