Seraikistan
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Seraikistan (Urdu: سرائیکستان) is the region of southern Punjab (Pakistan) inhabited by Seraiki speaking people. The Seraiki nationalist movement wish to separate the Seraiki speaking region into a new province of Seraikistan. The Seraiki region is bordered by Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan provinces.
Siraiki (also known as Seraiki, Multani and Southern Punjabi) is an old language or dialect mostly spoken in central Pakistan by approximately 15 million people[link]. It is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian subfamily. Siraiki shows resemblance to both Sindhi and Punjabi languages. The geographic area where it is spoken is primarily located between the provinces of Sindh and the Punjab in Pakistan.
It is widely spoken and understood as a second language in northern and western Sindh down to the suburbs of Karachi and in the Kachhi plain of Balochistan. It is also known as Derawali in Derajat area.
The word Seraiki comes from the Sindhi word for North, as Siraiki is spoken to the north of Sindh.
There are over 15 million Seraikis and they are 99% Muslims.
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