Saraikis

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The Saraikis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group primarily inhabiting the south-central regions of Pakistan, distinguished by their Saraiki language and rich Sufi-influenced cultural traditions.

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Saraikis canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people
ethnic group
associatedProvince Balochistan, Pakistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Punjab, Pakistan
Sindh, Pakistan
linked to: Sindh
continent Asia
country Pakistan
culturalHeritage shrine-centered religious life
culturalInfluence Sufi traditions
culturalPractice Sufi music
linked to: Islamic music

Sufi poetry
devotional singing
culturalRegion South-Central Pakistan
demographicStatusInPakistan minority group
ethnonymLanguage Saraiki language
linked to: Saraiki
identityMovement Saraiki nationalist movement
language Saraiki language
linked to: Saraiki
linguisticFamily Indo-Aryan languages
macroLinguisticGroup Lahnda
majorCityRegion Bahawalpur
Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan
Jacobabad
Multan
Muzaffargarh
Rahim Yar Khan
Sukkur
politicalDemand creation of a Saraiki province in Pakistan
primaryRegion Pakistan
South Punjab
relatedEthnicGroup Baloch
linked to: Baloch people

Hindkowans
Punjabis
linked to: Punjabi people

Sindhis
linked to: Sindhi people
relatedLanguageCommunity Punjabi speakers
Sindhi speakers
religionMajority Islam
religiousTradition Sufism
Sunni Islam
scriptUsedForLanguage Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Perso-Arabic script
selfDesignationLanguage Saraiki
traditionalDress shalwar kameez
traditionalMusic Kafi
Sufi kalam
traditionalOccupation agriculture
livestock rearing
writingVariant Shahmukhi script

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Pakistan hasEthnicGroup Saraikis
subject linked to: southern Pakistan
Hindkowans relatedEthnicGroup Saraikis