Talk:Saraiki people
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Photo
There is a photo of Siraiki people .It is not photo of a siraiki person but it is photo of a Baloch Rasoolpuri 14:51, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Merge from Seraiki culture
Look like most of the content there is also here. Merge? And check the POV, please. - Nabla 22:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Seraiki people were earlier known as Sauvira .
http://books.google.com/books?id=nG0_xoDS3hUC&pg=PA146&dq=abhira+tribe&hl=en&ei=m8kFTZfYAoyr8AafruneCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=ahir&f=false BOOK---Alexander's campaigns in Sind and Baluchistan and the siege of the Brahmin ... By Pierre Herman Leonard Eggermont--PAGE 146 Sauvira Kingdom — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sumitkachroo (talk • contribs) 07:34, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
Saraiki Speaking Areas :-
Twenty one distracts in punjab, Pakistan , two distracts from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan and two agencies are are saraiki speaking area.
- Bahawalnagar
- Bahawalpur
- Bhakkar
- Chiniot
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Dera Ismail Khan
- Jhang
- Khanewal
- Khushab
- Layyah
- Lodhran
- Mianwali
- Multan
- Muzaffargarh
- Okara
- Pakpattan
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Rajanpur
- Sahiwal
- Sargodha
- Tank
- Toba Tek Singh
- Vehari
- Frontier Region Tank
- Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
See area and Population of Saraikisan.
These distracts are also Saraiki
Saraiki is spoken in India, United Arab Emirates and Afghanistan also. Saraiki is second largest language in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with more than 2.5M. In United Kingdom. Saraiki is spoken by 400,000. In Canada, China, South Africa and United States saraiki is also spoken.