Indo-European · ISO 639-3 skr
Saraiki Language سرائیکی
Saraiki is an Indo-European language spoken by about 28 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Perso-Arabic script.
Where Saraiki is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Saraiki
Language family
- Indo-European
- Classical Indo-European
- Indo-Iranian
- Indo-Aryan
- Middle-Modern Indo-Aryan
- Continental Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Aryan Northwestern zone
- Sindhi-Lahnda
- Greater Panjabic
- Hindko-Siraiki
- Siraikic
- Saraiki
Writing system
Perso-Arabic script
Related languages
About the Saraiki language
Saraiki (سرائیکی) is spoken by about 28 million people, which makes it the 56th most spoken language in the world — just behind Igbo (28 million) and ahead of Northern Uzbek (28 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Siraikic group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Saraiki spoken?
Saraiki is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Pakistan (30 million).
Saraiki is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Saraiki is written in the Perso-Arabic script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Northern Hindko, Panjabi, Western Panjabi, Pahari-Potwari, Sindhi, Hindi and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 skr.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.