Saraiki (ISO 639-3:skr) is an Indo-Aryan language widely used in Pakistan and India (Bashir, Conners & Hefright 2019). The variety described here is Central Saraiki, spoken in the districts of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and the northern parts of Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan, which form the largest of the Saraiki-speaking areas.1 Geographically, Pakistan is divided into four provinces, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pukhton Khaw (KPK) and Balochistan. Punjabi is spoken in Punjab, and Sindhi is the dominant language in Sindh. Most Pashto speakers live in KPK and Balochistan, while the inhabitants of Balochistan speak Balochi, Brahui and Saraiki. Other than Urdu, Saraiki is the only language which is spoken in all four provinces of Pakistan, with a majority of speakers in southern Punjab.

Saraiki (ISO 639-3:skr) 是一种在巴基斯坦和印度广泛使用的印度-雅利安语 (Bashir, Conners & Hefright 2019)。这里描述的品种是中萨拉基语，在巴基斯坦的木尔坦、穆扎法加尔、巴哈瓦尔普尔和德拉加齐汗北部地区使用，这些地区构成了最大的萨拉基语区。1 在地理上，巴基斯坦分为四个省，旁遮普、信德、开伯尔普赫顿 Khaw (KPK) 和俾路支省。旁遮普语是旁遮普语，信德语是信德语的主要语言。大多数讲普什图语的人居住在 KPK 和俾路支省，而俾路支省的居民则说俾路支语、布拉惠语和萨拉基语。除乌尔都语外，萨拉基语是巴基斯坦所有四个省份唯一使用的语言，大多数人在旁遮普邦南部使用。