Derajat region

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Derajat region is a cultural and geographical area in Pakistan associated with the Saraiki-speaking Derajat community and their distinctive linguistic and social traditions.

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Derajat region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
administrativeOverlapWith Dera Ghazi Khan Division
Dera Ismail Khan Division
agriculturalProduct cotton
dates
sugarcane
wheat
associatedWithEthnicGroup Derajat community
associatedWithLanguage Derawali dialect
Saraiki language
linked to: Saraiki
borderedBy Balochistan, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tribal belt
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sindh, Pakistan
linked to: Sindh
country Pakistan
culturalHeritage Saraiki oral literature
Sufi shrines
tribal customs
dominantReligion Islam
hasCulturalCharacteristic distinctive Saraiki linguistic traditions
distinctive social traditions
hasCulturalIdentity Derawali identity
hasCulturalPractice tribal jirga-style dispute resolution
hasMinorityLanguage Balochi
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
hasTraditionalDressInfluenceFrom Baloch culture
Saraiki culture
hasTraditionalMusicStyle Saraiki folk music
hasTraditionalPoetry Saraiki Sufi poetry
historicalLanguageInfluence Balochi
Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Saraiki
knownFor agrarian economy
multilingual population
tribal social structure
linguisticZoneOf Saraiki–Punjabi transition
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab, Pakistan
South Asia
majorCity Dera Fateh Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
namedAfter Dera Fateh Khan
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
partOf Saraiki cultural area
linked to: Saraiki
riverSystem Indus River

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Derajat linguistic area namedAfter Derajat region