Sindhi Siraiki also called Ubheji, Siroli and Sireli is a dialect of the Sindhi language.[1][2][3] Spoken mainly by Sindhi balochs and few other people of Sindh. The Siraiki word is derived from two Sindhi words one "Siro/Sero" meaning name for region (Sauvira) in ancient Sindh, and "Ki" meaning of/Belonging to.[4][5][6] Other names also have the same meaning. The people of Siro region are called Sirai/Serai.

This dialect has some similarity with the Saraiki language of South Punjab, and has variously been treated either as a dialect of Saraiki or as a dialect of Sindhi.[7]

References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Handbook of comparative and historical Indo-European linguistics ; Volume 1. Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; Band 41,1. Berlin Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 2017. ISBN 978-3-11-039324-8. "The five major dialects of Sindhi are Vicholi, Lari, Lasi, Thari, and Kachhi.
  3. ^ "Linguistic Survey of India". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  4. ^ "Siraiki language | History, Dialects & Writing System | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24. the word Siraiki originally a Sindhi term meaning "the language of the north (siro)
  5. ^ Simpson, Andrew, ed. (2007). Language and national identity in Asia. Oxford linguistics. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922648-1.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Rahman, Tariq (1995-01-01). "The Siraiki Movement in Pakistan". Language Problems and Language Planning. 19 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1075/lplp.19.1.01rah. ISSN 0272-2690.
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