Saraiki

سرائیکی

Saraiki is a language, spoken in India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Wikidata counts about 20 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan”.

4 · Educational 20 m

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: skr
Glottocode: sera1259
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 4 Educational
Centre point: 28.60, 69.70
Wikipedia: 54 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

4countries

1scripts

—levels in the tree

4EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Saraiki · سرائیکی
Also called	Siraiki, Seraiki, Saraiki language
All speakers	20,009,000
Written in	Saraiki Shahmukhi

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Saraiki is spoken — Map: Abbasi786786 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

India395 languages in the index Pakistan71 languages in the index United Arab Emirates11 languages in the index Saudi Arabia12 languages in the index

Also spoken in India

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International hinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · National fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · International porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · National urdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · National panPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafe benBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · National tamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · Provincial marMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · Provincial bhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational