Saraiki language

Saraiki
سرائیکی
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Southern Punjab, Northern Sindh, and Eastern Balochistan (Khetrani)
Native speakers	17 million (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan North-Western Zone Lahnda Saraiki
Dialects	Multani Derawali Riasati (Riyasati–Bahawalpuri) Thali
Writing system	Persian alphabet, Laṇḍā scripts particularly Gurumukhi, Devanagari script, Langdi script
Official status
Regulated by	No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3	skr

Saraiki (sometimes spelled Siraiki and Seraiki) is a language of Pakistan. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan language group, spoken by Saraiki people. It is spoken by about 26 million people as of 2017. Saraiki is native to south of Punjab province. Saraiki is also spoken Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan. Many linguists consider it a mix of Punjabi and Sindhi.

The word Saraiki is probably derived from the Sindhi word Siraiki, which means dialect/language of Serai.