Seraiki

SKR

developing

Alternate Names: Bahawalpuri, Multani, Riasiti, Saraiki, Siraiki, Southern Panjabi

Dialects: Bahawalpuri (Reasati, Riasati), Derawali, Jangli, Jatki, Multani (Khatki). Dialects blend together into Panjabi east and Sindhi , south. Until recently it was considered a dialect of Panjabi. 80% intelligibility of Dogri ,. Lexical similarity: 85% with Sindhi ,; 68% with Dhatki ,, Od ,, and Sansi ,. A member of macrolanguage Lahnda ,.

Genealogy:

Indo-European
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Aryan
Northwestern zone
Lahnda

Demographics: 13,900,000 in Pakistan (1998 census). Population total all countries: 13,968,000.

Language Use: Used as L2 by Sansi [ssi].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Radio programs. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1819.

Writing System: Arabic, Khojki

Nation of Origin: Pakistan

Other Comments: Muslim, Hindu.