Siraiki language

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Name (Latin)
Siraiki language
Other forms of name
Bahawalpuri language
Multani language
Mutani language
Reasati language
Riasati language
Saraiki language
Southern Lahnda language
Southern Panjabi language
See Also From tracing topical name
Lahndā language
See Also From tracing place name
India
Pakistan
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q33902
Library of congress: sh 89005564
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Schackle, C. Siraiki language of Central Pakistan, 1976:p. 1 (Siraiki, the Indo-Aryan speech of a large part of central Pakistan, which may be more familiar ... under the names of "Multani," "Southern Lahnda" or even "Western Panjabi") p. 2 (Northern Lahnda and Panjabi are the languages most closely related to Siraiki, which also shares other features exclusively with Sindhi ...) p. 6ff (dialects ... Central, Southern, Sindhi Siraiki, Northern, Jhangi, Shahpuri ...)
  • Ethnologue:p. 576 (Siraiki (Riasiti, Bahawalpuri, Multani, Southern Panjabi, Saraiki ... Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone. Dialects: Derawali, Multani (Khatki), Bahawalpuri (Riasati, Reasati), Jangli, Jatki ... Until recently considered to be a dialect of Panjabi) p. 484 (Siraiki (Multani, Mutani, Southern Panjabi, Saraiki) ... Mainly in Pakistan. Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Northwestern zone, Lahnda, Western. Dialects: Jafri, Siraiki Hindki, Thali, Jatki)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 169 (Siraiki listed as dialect of Sindhi)