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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Saraikis canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ