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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Derajat region canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Derajat linguistic area → namedAfter → Derajat region ⓘ