Talk:Seraikistan

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Correct spelling of Siraikistan are Siraikistan because Siraiki is from Sindhi language word Siro(head)therefore we should write Sariakistn as Siraikistan --Rasoolpuri (talk) 14:58, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Why Siraikistan

Siraiki is an independent nationalty .It has its own land'language'market'culture and traditions .Therefore it has right for his Siraiki provice in centeral Pakistan.--Rasoolpuri (talk) 16:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Saraiki Speaking Areas

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Twenty one distracts in punjab, Pakistan , two distracts from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan and two agencies are saraiki speaking area. see this map of Saraikistan. 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 Chakwal Hafizabad Mandi Bahauddin 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. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.186.56.32 (talk) 08:40, 21 October 2012 (UTC) This map Shows region of Native Saraiki speaking. File:Map of Saraikistan.jpg Proposed map of Saraikistan File:Saraiki distracts area.jpg Detailed list of area and population of Saraikistan

No, It is a language map. It may be treated as language map also. Toba tek singh, Chaniot, Jhang,Khanewal,Vehari, Bahawalnagar,Khaushab, Sargodha, Mianwali, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara are also saraiki speaking areas. More than Saraiki waseb, Saraiki is native language in the districts of Chakwal, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahuddin, Faisalabad, Okara and Toba Tek Singh are also Saraiki.www.sikhchic.com

Your map is only a political map of new province SOUTH PUNJAB including 2 districts of Kyber Pakhtunkhah on administrative basis not on language basis which includes 11 Saraiki districts ( DI Khan, Tank, Bhakker, Layyah, DG khan, Rajanpur, MuzzafarGarh, Multan, Lodhraan, Bahalwalpur and Rahimyar khan) and 12 Punjabi majority districts (Toba tek singh, Chaniot, Jhang,Khanewal,Vehari, Bahawalnagar,Khaushab, Sargodha, Mianwali, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Okara) as per Census of Pakistan 1998. u can check them in district profile books percentages of languages as choosen by the people of those district as their mother tongue. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.47.82.49 (talk) 17:56, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Dialects of Saraiki language

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Saraiki language and Jhangvi Saraiki are the two more important dialects of Saraiki language. Thali Saraiki has minor difference with Saraiki language. Other five dialects are minor dialects. Dialect group of Saraiki Subdialect Where spoken Alternate_names Notes Saraiki (Central or Pure Saraiki) Saraiki Language Multan District, Lodhran District, Bahawalpur District, Muzaffargarh District, Rahim Yar Khan District, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Rajanpur District, Derawal Nagar, Delhi, India 1.Riyāsatī in Bahawalpur District. 2.Ḍerāwālī in Dera Ghazi Khan 1.According to Masica, the two names Bahāwalpurī and Riyāsatī are locally specific names for the Multani dialect group, possibly specific dialects within the group. According to Shackle, they instead denote a distinct dialect group. Also according to Shackle, the Bahawalpur District of Punjab Province (i.e., within its 1976 boundaries) is split between Mūltānī in the north and Bahāwalpurī in the south, with the dialect of Bahawalpur city being of blend of these two. 2.According to Masica, this use of the name Ḍerāwālī is to be distinguished from its use as an alternate name for a different dialect group (see following row). The spelling with retroflex 'Ḍ' instead of 'D' is according to Masica. The name dialect name "Thaḷī" is used to refer to the local dialects of both Dera Ghazi Khan and Dera Ismail Khan, but "Thaḷī" in the former is the Multani dialect and "Ḍerāwālī " in the latter is the Thaḷī dialect. Thaḷī Saraiki Bhakkar District, Layyah District, Muzaffargarh District, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Tank District, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Derawal Nagar, Delhi, India 1.Thalochi and Thaḷochṛi in Bhakkar District. 2.Jaṭkī; Hindko or Hindki on the west of Indus River. 3.Thaḷī in Dera Ismail Khan District and Tank District 1.Named after the Thal Desert, a region bordered by the Indus River to the west and the Jhelum and Chenab Rivers to the east. 2.Hindko is classified as Lahnda language whose southern dialects are closer to Saraiki. Sometimes, in Mianwali, it is referred as Mianwali di Boli and has close link with Hindko. Sindhi-Saraiki Northern part of Sindh including Kashmore District, Jacobabad District, Shikarpur District, Tando Muhammad Khan District, Tando Allahyar District, Sobho Khan Mastoi, Kamal Khan Mastoi, Thatta District, Sujawal, Dadu District and Ghotki District. Sireli (of north) Dialect of Saraiki which has some features of the Sindhi language. Sindhi Saraiki is also categorized as a dialect of Sindhi language. In the Interier Sindh, 40% of population speak Sindhi-Saraiki. Jhangvi Saraiki Jhang District, Faisalabad District, Gujrat District, Mandi Bahauddin, Chakwal, Hafizabad, Gujranwala District, Jangal Bar tract of Faisalabad District, Okara, pakpattan and all regions encompassing the former Montgomery District Jhangochi, Jhangi Jhangvi dialects actually be closer to the Saraiki language. It also includes Nissoani sub-dialect or local name of Jhangi spoken by a tribe, Nissoana, as of 1919 in northern parts of Jhang District. Another sub-dialect of Jhangi, Kacchī, is named for alluvial desert plain of Kacchi, southwest of Jhang town.Dialect of Jhangochi spoken by the pastoral tribes of the mentioned areas, such as the Kharals, Wattus, Johiyas, who used to rear cattle and sheep in the jungles, before irrigation of the region. It is also called Chenavari (Cināwaṛī or Cinhāwaṛī) due to the name of an area on the right bank of the Chenab River. Jadgali Southwest of Sindh, and Jafarabad District and Nasirabad District of Balochistan. Also in Iran Jat, Jatgali, Jatki A Dialect of Sindhi. It is closer to Saraiki Khetrani Sulaiman Mountains, Balochistan Classified as a dialect of Balochi as well as Lahnda language, is closer to Saraiki. Jafri Musakhel District, Balochistan Kandahari - Multani Kandahar, Afghanistan It is spoken by Hindus living in Kandahar. Some of these people are called Kandhari or Hindki.