Siraiki, also known as Ubheji, Siroli and Sireli, is a

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

of the

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; or , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by more than 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status, as well as by 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India, schedu ...

spoken in the Siro region of upper

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. Inhabitants of this 'Siro' region are known as ''Sirai''. The Siraiki dialect of upper Sindh is not to be confused with the Saraiki variety of the

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, which share a similar name.

Etymology

In Sindhī, the word ''siru'' means 'head.' From it is derived ''sirō'', the extremity of anything, and, hence, the upper part of Sindh, from the northern frontier down to, say, the 27th degree of north latitude, about midway between Larkana and Sehwan. From this, again, is derived the adjective ''sirāikō'', of or belonging to Upper Sindh or the Sirō. The word "Siraiki" means "northern speech" and is derived from

Sample Comparison

List of words peculiar to lari dialect of Sindhi. abhu (heavens, air), ãțō (an embrace, turn, return, dispute), ayal (mother, mamma (a term of endearment), bbijo (second, another), bhatu (a scorpion), bhatuari (a small scorpion), bhiranu (to meet; to mix, mingle) bhitao (property, goods and chattels) dduãr (illnesses, sickness, disease) jjērō (fire) juhārō "m" Juhārī "f" (the visit paid to newly married couple after honeymoon) laī (a female friend or equal; a term of affection used in addressing a female) liphōtī (a coverlet, quilt) machhun "interj"(God forbid) nāiru (a coconut) nīghō (a boy, lad), phutiro (clean, nice, elegant) wahalō (quickly, speedily), wahurō (rich, wealthy), wanaharō (a bridegroom) etc.

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References

{{Reflist Dialects of Sindhi Sindhi language