S E R A I K I W O R L D
Introduction and Background
http://seraikiworld.20m.com is an effort to promote Seraiki language and culture on World Wide Web as there is currently no credible information source available to properly represent the largest spoken language of Pakistan.
For those with no knowledge about this language, Seraiki is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan and the first language of more than 40 million people in the subcontinent. It has a very rich culture and is the representative language of Indus Valley Civilization.
The main Seraiki speaking areas are Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan and most parts of Sargodha division. Seraiki is also spoken widely in Sind and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. It has many sweet dialects and is considered as the language of love.
Introduction
(Perso-Arabic: ÓÑÇÆí˜ی, Gurmukhi: ਸਰਾਇਕੀ) or Multani people (Perso-Arabic: ãáÊÇäی, Devanagari: मुल्तानी, Gurmukhi: ਮੁਲਤਾਨੀ) are an ethnic group from the south-eastern areas of Pakistan, especially in the area of the former princely state of Bahawalpur and the districts of Sukkur, Larkana, Dadu, Sehwan, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Sindh, Mirpurkhas, Multan, Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, MuzafarGarh, Layyah, Bhakkar, Mianwali, Dera Ismail Khan, Karachi. A significant number of Seraikis also reside in India, with most concentrated in the state of Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat.[1] The Seraikis maintain that they have a separate language and culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraiki_language
Seraiki is the 61st largest language out of more than 6000 languages in the world. It is a language mostly spoken in the provinces of South Punjab in central Pakistan by about 13.9 million people (according to 1998 census) as well as by about 26,000 people in India, and an immigrant population in the United Kingdom. Seraiki is the 61st largest language out of more than 6000 languages in the world. It has a very rich culture and is the representative language of Sindh Valley Civilization. The main Seraiki speaking areas are Multan, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ismail Khan and most parts of Sargodha division. Seraiki is also spoken widely in Sindh and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. It has many sweet dialects and is considered as the language of love.
You Welcome Here
We welcome any suggestions, ideas from our members and we need volunteers to help us with organizing the content on the website. If you are a published Seraiki author or know someone who would like to make their books available to thousands of internet visitors, please contact us immediately at zeshan@seraiki.net All you have to do is send us a scanned copy of your book in a CD and we will publish it on the website. Please Come and join us so that my we start a pure movement for seraikian's and also the development of seraiki wasiab.
Wrote Article for political issues of seraikian's
Language Structure
| Spoken in: | Pakistan, India[1] | |
| Total speakers: | 13.9 million in Pakistan (1998 Population and Housing Census, Pakistan), 68,000 in India (Census of India, 2001) (combined figure for persons claiming either the Multani dialect or the Bahawalpuri dialect; the name "Saraiki" not used in India) | |
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Zone Saraiki | |
| Writing system: | Arabic alphabet, Gurmukhi script,Devanagari script | |
Seraiki Mother Land
Seraiki is the mother-tongue of more than 40 million people in the south-western Pakistani Punjab. In the following districts Seraikis are in large majority: Mianwali, Taank, Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan Rajan Pur, Rahim Yarn Khan, Bahawalpur, Bahawal Nagar, Vehari, Khanewal, Multan, Muzaffar garh, Layyah, Bakhar, Jhang, Khushab and Sargodha.
More than 10 million Pakhtoon and Baloch tribes are bilingual and most of them use Seraiki as their first language. Seraiki is widely spoken and understood in some parts of Sindh province and is the third biggest language of Balochistan. There is a large number of Seraiki speaking people in India and other parts of the world.
Its nomenclature (Seraiki) has been given by Sindhi brothers as Punjab or Punjabi given by the Iranians. The modern movement of revival of the Seraiki language and culture is only 40 year old. In this short period, Seraiki wasaib produced printed literature (novels, short stories, poetry books, periodicals, news papers, booklets etc.), a large number of poets and lok singers. Two Seraiki T.V. channels Kook and Waseb are on air and more to be launched soon. Seraiki Departments have been established in universities in Multan and Bahawalpur. Several cultural organizations are proactive in the vast Seraiki wasaib organizing ‘mushairas’ and public meetings. Seraiki is also on the web and more than a dozen Seraiki websites are online including wasaib.com.
