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[[File:Dialects of Sindhi.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Saraiki areas in Sindh in orange]]

Since [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Urdu]] and [[Hindi]] are spoken in a region that has witnessed significant ethnic and identity conflict, all have been exposed to the [[dialect]] versus language question. Each of these languages possesses a central standard on which its literature is based, and from which there are multiple dialectal variations. <ref>Bailey, Rev. T. Grahame. 1904. Panjabi Grammar. Lahore: Punjab Government Press.</ref>

Recently Saraiki becameis standardized as a language of the [[Saraiki people]], contrasting with the view of it being a dialect of Punjabi., However this standardization is controversial to date. The development of the standard written language began after the founding of Pakistan in 1947, driven by a [[Saraikistan|regionalist political movement]].<ref name="rahman1997">Rahman, Tariq. 1997. Language and Ethnicity in Pakistan. Asian Survey, 1997 Sep., 37(9):833-839.</ref>{{rp|838}}<ref name="shackle1977">Shackle, C. 1977. Saraiki: A Language Movement in Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies, 11(3):379-403.</ref> The national census of Pakistan has tabulated the prevalence of Saraiki speakers since 1981.<ref name="Javaid">Javaid, Umbreen. 2004. [http://www.pu.edu.pk/english/jrh/Online_contents/Vol.%20XL%20No.2%20JRH%20July%202004.pdf Saraiki political movement: its impact in south Punjab]. ''[http://www.pu.edu.pk/english/jrh/ Journal of Research (Humanities)]'', 40(2): 55–65. Lahore: Faculty of Arts and Humanities, [http://www.pu.edu.pk/ University of the Punjab]. (This PDF contains multiple articles from the same issue.)</ref>{{rp|46}}.

On the other hand Saraiki is also considered as a dialect of Main stream Punjabi because Saraiki is Mutually intangible, Morphologicaly and Syntactically similar with Standard Punjabi and is in fact dialect of Punjabi agreed by majority of local linguists such as Dulai, K Narinder, Gill, Harjeet Singh Gill, A Henry. Gleason (Jr), Koul, N Omkar, Siya Madhu Bala, Afzal Ahmed Cheema, Aamir Malik, Amar Nath <ref> Dulai, Narinder K. 1989. A Pedagogical Grammar of Punjabi. Patiala: Indian Institute of Language Studies.</ref> <ref>Gill, Harjeet Singh Gill and Henry A. Gleason, Jr: A Reference Grammar of Punjabi: Patiala University Press</ref> <ref>Koul, Omkar N. and Madhu Bala :Punjabi Language and Linguistics: An Annotated Bibliography: New Delhi: Indian Institute of Language Studies</ref> <ref>Malik, Amar Nath, Afzal Ahmed Cheema : 1995 : The Phonology and Morphology of Panjabi: New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers</ref> as well as modern linguistics publications such as US National advisory Committee based The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) along with modern linguistics such as Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, Cardona and Nataliia Ivanovna Tolstaia classifing Saraiki as a dialect of Punjabi. <ref>http://books.google.fr/books?id=C9MPCd6mO6sC&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> <ref>http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=95&menu=004</ref> <ref>Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow:2012:Punjabi Dialects:Beta script publishing:6134873527, 9786134873529 </ref> <ref>http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=BmA9AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>

In Sindh Province Pakistan it is considered as a dialect of Sindhi spoken in North ten districts of Province Sindh . There is also a debate about it being the initial form of Urdu language after the first Muslim ruler arrived indo pak and made Multan the capital of Sindh that time.<ref name="book0d0">▼

▲In Sindh Province Pakistan it is considered as a dialect of Sindhi spoken in North ten districts of Province Sindh . There is also a debate about it being the initial form of Urdu language after the first Muslimmuslim ruler arrivedarraived indo pak and made Multan the capital of Sindh that time.<ref name="book0d0">

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