Talk:Seraikistan

Spelling
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
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.

[http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=191965487545337&set=a.123181617757058.24706.100001956619022&type=3&theater See area and Population of Saraikisan. ]
 * 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

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.



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
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.