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===Status of language or dialect=== In the context of South Asia, the choice between the appellations [[Dialect#Dialect or language|"language" and "dialect"]] is a difficult one, and any distinction made using these terms is obscured by their ambiguity.<ref>See {{harvnb|Masica|1991|pp=23β27}}. For a brief discussion of the case of Saraiki, see {{harvtxt|Wagha|1997|pp=225β26}}.</ref> In a sense both Saraiki and Standard Panjabi are "dialects" of a "[[Punjabi dialects and languages|Greater Punjabi]]" macrolanguage.{{sfn|Rahman|1995|p=16}} The term "Saraiki" was first introduced for the [[Multani dialect|Multani]], [[Riasti dialect|Riasti]] and [[Derawali dialect|Derawali]] dialects of this "[[Punjabi dialects and languages|Greater Punjabi]]" macrolanguage in the 1960s as a result of a sociopolitical movement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nazir |first=Kahut |date=24 May 2009 |title=The origin and politics of the Seraiki movement |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/881086/the-origin-and-politics-of-the-seraiki-movement#:~:text=To%20alienate%20central,Punjabi.%E2%80%9D%20(P.%20180). |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126124345/https://www.dawn.com/news/881086/the-origin-and-politics-of-the-seraiki-movement#:~:text=To%20alienate%20central,Punjabi.%E2%80%9D%20%28P.%20180%29. |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=28 January 2025 |work=DAWN |pages=1}}</ref> According to [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]] politicians such as [[Hanif Ramay]] and [[Fakhar Zaman (poet)|Fakhar Zaman]], the Saraiki linguistic movement was thought to have been pushed by feudal landowners of the Seraiki belt.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ahmed |first=Ishtiaq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=czSm7cmhgA0C&dq=Main+ethnicity+of+saraikis&pg=PA184 |title=State, Nation and Ethnicity in Contemporary South Asia |date=1 January 1998 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-85567-578-0 |page=184 |language=en |quote=The president of the Punjab PPP, Fakhir Zaman, thought that Seraiki was one among many other dialects of Punjabi. Hanif Ramay a former PPP chief minister of Punjab, had a similar stance. Both also thought that it was the feudal landowners of the Seraiki belt who were behind the seperatist movement.}}</ref>{{TOC limit|3}} Saraiki was considered a [[Punjabi dialects|dialect of Punjabi]] by most [[British Raj|British colonial]] administrators,{{sfn|Rahman|1996|p=173}} and is still seen as such by many [[Punjabis]].{{sfn|Shackle|2014a|ps=: "it has come to be increasingly recognized internationally as a language in its own right, although this claim continues to be disputed by many Punjabi speakers who regard it as a dialect of Punjabi".}} Saraikis, however, consider it a language in its own right<ref>{{harvnb|Rahman|1995|p=16}}: "the Punjabis claim that Siraiki is a dialect of Punjabi, whereas the Siraikis call it a language in its own right."</ref> and see the use of the term "dialect" as [[Social stigma|stigmatising]].{{sfn|Rahman|1996|p=175}} A language movement was started in the 1960s to standardise a script and promote the language.{{sfn|Shackle|1977}}{{sfn|Rahman|1997|p=838}} The [[Census in Pakistan|national census of Pakistan]] has tabulated the prevalence of Saraiki speakers since 1981.{{sfn|Javaid|2004|p=46}}
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