Saraiki in Shahmukhi script en. Distribution of Pakistanis who spoke Saraiki as their mother tongue at the time of the Pakistan Census en. IPA en. Perso-Arabic en. Pakistan en. The beloved's intense glances call for blood The dark hair wildly flows The Kohl of the eyes is fiercely black And slays the lovers with no excuse My appearance in ruins, I sit and wait While the beloved has settled in Malheer I feel the sting of the cruel dart My heart the, abode of pain and grief A life of tears, I have led Farid en.
Still there is a small volume of literature available in Saraiki language. Whereas it is also understood and spoken widely as a second language in areas of Northern and Western Sindh, Karachi and also some parts of Baluchistan.
Multan is considered to be one of the oldest cities in South Asia having a combination of old and new Pakistani culture. There are tombs, shrines, temples, cathedrals and also a historical fort. Other than mausoleums and shrines there is Darawar fort on the outskirts of Bahawalpur in Cholistan Desert and also Darbar Mahal in Bahawalpur. The cuisine is not much different from the traditional dishes all over Pakistan but Sohanjhna is the famous vegetable of the region as well as Sohan Halwa is also a traditional sweet of Multan.
Different arts and crafts flourished in the urban areas of Multan and Bahawalpur among which music and dance are important cultural elements and are part of most of the celebrations and ceremonies. Jhoomar is the traditional Saraiki folk dance that originated from Multan and Balochistan. This region has produced a number of talented people in the music industry. Most of the festivals are based on Islamic calendar and the events held for the remembrance of Sufi Saints and to commemorate the Muslim traditions in the region.
Some of the festivals include:. Most of the people belong to either the caste of Jat or Rajput and others are Baloch by origin e. A macron over a vowel indicates a long vowel. Saraiki and Sindhi both have somewhat similar consonant inventories. There are three writing systems for Saraiki, though very few Saraiki speakers—even those literate in other languages — are able to read or write their own language in any writing system.
The most common Saraiki writing system today is the Persian script, which has also been adapted for use on computers.
Saraiki has a letter alphabet including 37 of the Urdu alphabet and five letters unique to Saraiki. The Devanagari and Gurmukhi scripts, written from left to right, were used by Hindus. Though not used in present-day Pakistan, there are still emigrant speakers in India who know the Devanagari or Gurmukhi scripts for Saraiki.
The transliteration from and to Persian and Devanagari scripts for Saraiki language can be made online. In the process of creating a distinct Saraiki written language, activists have paid attention to creating a standard script and orthographic norms.
Orthographic and linguistic standardization of Saraiki seems more connected with the politics of identity. Although Saraiki shares four implosive sounds with Sindhi, care was taken so that the Saraiki script and the representation of these symbols should be different from that of Sindhi so that the Sindhis should not lay any claims over Saraiki literature as theirs. Saraiki is a language of great antiquity in Pakistan.
It also remained the language of commerce and trade until recent times. It is widely spoken and understood as a second language in other areas of Punjab, Northern and Western Sindh down to the suburbs of Karachi, and in Kachhi plain of Baluchistan.
The vernacular dialects on which Saraiki is based are native to what is now the southwestern half of Punjab Province in Pakistan, south of the Salt Range of mountains.
It is also spoken in India and Afghanistan. The first national census of Pakistan to gather data on the prevalence of Saraiki was the census of In the census of , it was Also according to the census, Thal and Cholistan deserts also are homes of Saraiki language. These areas are called as Saraiki Waseb according to Saraiki literature. Saraiki is widely spoken in Naseerabad Division of Balochistan. Saraiki is also spoken by a tiny, recent diaspora in Punjab, India.
According to the Indian census of , Saraiki is spoken in urban areas throughout northwest and north central India by a total of about 70, people, the descendants of emigrants from western Punjab after the partition of India in It is spoken at low scale in Utrakhand and U. Romani and Saraiki share some words and similar grammatical systems. The cause of the Romani diaspora is unknown.
However, the most probable conclusion is that the Romanies were part of the military in Northern India. When there were repeated raids by Mahmud of Ghazni and these soldiers were defeated, they were moved west with their families into the Byzantine Empire.
This occurred between AD and Saraiki is second largest language in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with more than 2. In UK Saraiki is spoken by thousads.
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