Saraiki people

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The Saraiki people are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group primarily inhabiting south-central Pakistan, known for their distinct Saraiki language, rich Sufi cultural traditions, and agrarian heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saraiki people canonical 13
Saraiki ethnic group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan people
ethnic group
associatedRegion Saraikistan
associatedRiver Indus River
country Pakistan
culturalExpression Saraiki music
Saraiki poetry
Sufi devotional music
culturalHeritage agrarian heritage
culturalTradition Sufi culture
demonym Saraiki
diasporaCountry Canada
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
ethnonym Saraiki
folkGenre Kafi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
linguisticClassification Lahnda
majorCityRegion Bahawalpur
Dera Ghazi Khan
Multan
Rahim Yar Khan
majorReligion Sunni Islam
nativeLanguage Saraiki language
linked to: Saraiki
notablePoet Khawaja Ghulam Farid
Sachal Sarmast
politicalMovement Saraiki province movement
primaryRegion Dera Ismail Khan Division
eastern Balochistan
northern Sindh
south-central Pakistan
southern Punjab
recognizedAs distinct ethnolinguistic group
relatedEthnicGroup Baloch people
Hindko people
Punjabi people
Rajasthani people
linked to: Rajasthani

Sindhi people
religion Islam
religiousTradition Sufism
traditionalDress shalwar kameez
traditionalHeadgear turban
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
writingSystemVariant Shahmukhi script

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Referenced by (14)

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

Saraiki hasEthnicGroup Saraiki people
Seraiki spokenBy Saraiki people
Multani spokenBy Saraiki people
Riasti usedBy Saraiki ethnic group
linked to: Saraiki people
Southern Punjab, Pakistan hasEthnicGroup Saraiki people
subject linked to: southern Punjab, Pakistan
Punjabi Muslims relatedGroup Saraiki people
Indo-Aryan peoples hasSubgroup Saraiki people
Dera Ghazi Khan hasEthnicGroup Saraiki people
Pakistani people ethnicGroup Saraiki people
Derajat ethnicGroup Saraiki people
Hindko people relatedEthnicGroup Saraiki people
Khawaja Ghulam Farid ethnicGroup Saraiki people
Lahnda usedBy Saraiki people
subject linked to: Lahanda