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SAR, Saraiki, Latvi,
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SAR, Saraiki, Latvi,
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Supplementary Letters
This is a compilation of supplementary letters from the primary scripts of the world.
The Inku Language
"Inku is an Indo-Aryan language spoken, at least historically, throughout Afghanistan by four of the country's nomadic communities: the Jalali, the Pikraj, the Shadibaz and the Vangawala.
Each of the four groups speaks a variety with slight differences compared to the others. According to their local tradition, their ancestors migrated in the 19th century from the Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan regions of present-day Pakistan. Such an origin suggests that Inku may be related to the Saraiki language spoken there, though nothing is conclusively known.
The total population of the four Inku-speaking groups was estimated to be 7,000 as of the end of the 1970s. There is no reliable information about their present state, though it is unlikely that many have survived the subsequent upheavals in the country, and according to the entry in Ethnologue, which however may not necessarily refer to this language, the last speakers "probably survived into the 1990s".
Linguistic materials about the varieties spoken by the Shadibaz, Vangawala and Pikraj were collected by Aparna Rao in the 1970s, but they have not been published or analysed yet.
The following is an extract of a text narrated in 1978 by a man of the Chenarkhel subgroup of the Vangawala:
رانجھا رانجھا” کردی ہن میں آپے رانجھا ہوئی
سدو مینوں “دہیدو رانجھا” “ہیر” نھ آکھو کوئی
Repeating my beloved Ranjha, Ranjha.
I have become myself Ranjha
Ranjha main wich, main ranjhe wich, hor khial na koi
Main nahin oh aap he, apni aap kare diljoi
-Bulleh Shah
Khawaja Ghulam Fareed~
Ithan Main Muthri Nit Jaan Ba Lab,
Oo Taan Khush Wasda Mulk Arab,
Haar wailay yaar di tangh lagay,
Sunjh seeney sikh di sangh lagay,
Dukh dilri dy hath tangh lagay,
Thy mil mil sul sumolay sab.
A Year in Language, Day 323: Saraiki Saraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the southern parts of Punjab, a geographic region that straddles India and Pakistan. There are around 20 million native speakers. Saraiki is very closely related to Punjab, to the point that they were, and by some still are, considered dialects of the same language. The two share basically the same grammar and have a high degree of mutual intelligibility, though phonetically Saraiki is quite distinct, containing "murmured" consonants and implosives, much like its western neighbor Sindhi, and lacking altogether Punjab's tonality. In South Asia, one of the worlds most linguistically diverse regions, differentiating language and dialect boundaries is very difficult and a constant reminder that there are no such things as an objective definition of either. Language is almost always tied to identity, so it should be of no shock that the notion of the Saraiki language as distinct from Punjab goes hand in hand with the evolution of the Saraiki ethnic identity, which arose in the 1960's. Saraiki identity was born from the merger of more granular regional identities bound by linguistic similarities and a common minority religion (Islam).
Ahh i’m still on hiatus but i love this song. So adding it here as part of Pakistan’s aesthetic. This song is a Punjabi/Seraiki (Indic) mix. Hell yeS. Also the girl’s (Aima Baig) clothing is another perfect example of how we’ve managed to modernized and stay cultured at the same time. As for her vocals along with the captions? HELL YES-