Siraiki (Sindhi dialect)

Not to be confused with the Saraiki language, a variety of the Punjabi language.

Siraiki, also known as Ubheji, Siroli and Sireli, is a dialect of the Sindhi language spoken in the Siro region of upper Sindh. Inhabitants of this 'Siro'[a] region are known as Sirai.[2][3][4] The Siraiki dialect of upper Sindh is not to be confused with the Saraiki variety of the Punjabi language, which share a similar name.[5]

  1. ^ Stack, George (2017). Abbasi, Prof. Mohsin; Rizvi, Ms. Parsa; Hussain, Dr. Fahmida (eds.). A Dictionary - Sindhi and English (January 2017 ed.). Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhi Language Authority. p. 603.
  2. ^ "سرائي | Sindhi Dictionary". dic.sindhila.edu.pk (in Sindhi). Sindhi Language Authority. سري جو رهاڪو
  3. ^ Austin, Peter (2008). One thousand languages: living, endangered, and lost. Berkeley (Calif.): University of California press. ISBN 978-0-520-25560-9. Sindhi has six major dialects: Siraiki (Seraiki), Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari (Thareli) and Katchhi (Kachchhi).
  4. ^ Masica, Colin P. (1993). The Indo-Aryan languages. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press (1. paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-23420-7.
  5. ^ Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics ; Volume 1. Berlin Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 2017. p. 433. ISBN 9783110393248. The five major dialects of Sindhi are Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari, and Kachhi. Four dialects are spoken within the borders of Sindh itself. Siraiki, in Upper Sindh, is not to be confused with the Punjabi language of the same name. Vicholi, considered the standard dialect, is spoken in central Sindh, while Lari is the dialect in southern Sindh. Lasi is spoken on the western frontier of Sindh and in Balochistan. The Sindhi spoken in the Thar desert of the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is called Thari. In Gujarat, Kachhi is spoken along the Rann of Kutch and in the Kathiawar peninsula.


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