Saraiki

Saraiki may refer to:

Saraiki people, an ethnic group of central Pakistan and western India
Saraiki language, sometimes regarded as a dialect of Punjabi or Sindhi
Saraiki literature
Saraiki nationalist movement, which seeks to establish a separate province in Pakistan
- Saraikistan, the proposed new province sought by the nationalist movement

The Seraiki people ( Perso-Arabic: سرائيکی Gurmukhi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ or Multani people ( Perso-Arabic: ملتانی Devanagari Sarāikī ( Perso-Arabic: سراییکی Gurmukhi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ Devanagari: सराइकी commonly spelled Seraiki also Siraiki is Seraiki literature is the literature of the Seraiki language (sometimes written as Seraiki which is mostly spoken in central Pakistan. Seraiki ( Urdu: سراییکی) is an ethnic group in Punjab, Pakistan. Seraikistan ( Urdu: سراییکستان) is a term used by some Seraiki nationalists to denote the southern region of the Punjab province of Pakistan

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-proper noun

An ethnic group from central Pakistan
The language spoken by these people

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