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Siraiki language

LC control no.sh 89005564
LC classificationPK2892
Topical headingSiraiki language
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Variant(s)Bahawalpuri language
Multani language
Mutani language
Reasati language
Riasati language
Saraiki language
Southern Lahnda language
Southern Panjabi language
See alsoIndia--Languages
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Lahndā language
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Pakistan--Languages
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Found inWork 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)
Not found inCurr. trends ling.