اپریل 23, 2024

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The Seraiki language||Mehrin Fatima

Where did the word Seraiki come from? Different linguists have different views:

Mehrin Fatima

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The Seraiki language is remembered by different names in history. Western and foreign linguists have given different names to Seraiki.In 1895, Everand Trevor Bamford renamed the Seraiki language "Western Lehnda.”Andrew Geox used the name "Jatki” for the Seraiki language. James Wilson gave the name "Thali” in 1903. Richard Franz Burton first used "Seraiki” for the Seraiki language.Richard Franz Burton first used "Seraiki” for the Seraiki language.
۔ Multani, Shahpuri, Dervali, Thaluchi, Khatarki, Jangli etc. are dialects of Seraiki language.۔
Apart from Seraiki Pakistan, India, Iran and
It is spoken in many parts of Afghanistan.
Where did the word Seraiki come from? Different linguists have different views:
* George Abraham Grayson says that the word Seraiki is derived from today’s Sindhi word "Saru”. From which Seroki, Seraiki and Seraiki were made.
* The word "Saro” means "Sardar” which means the language of Seraiki "Language of Sardars”. In Sindh even today the elders speak this language.
* In the old days, travelers used to spend the night there and travel in the morning. It is said that the language of the Saravas was different from that of the common people due to the influx of travelers. The language was later called Seraiki. It is said that the language of the Saravas was different from that of the common people due to the influx of travelers. The language was later called Seraiki.* In the old books, different words were used for the language of old teachers and mystics: Sara, Ekki, Ekka, Ekam, Wani, Asro, Asura, Sarika, Saraiki, Asura, Ashura. The Seraiki language unites the people of the four provinces, making it the central language of Pakistan. It has been understood and spoken for thousands of years in the region known as the "Indus Valley”. The language was started by the Dravidians. The language of the Kol, Bheel and Santhal tribes originated from here. They are called "Manda tribes”. The language of the Manda tribes, the oldest in the 6,000-year-old Indus Valley, is very similar to the Mandari Seraiki language. Such as Nana, Nani, Sandhu, Nath, Sali, Rora, Ahu, Bhara, Chira, Mochi, Dora, Tesla, Dala and Jhora etc. Five and a half thousand years ago, the Dravidians came to the Indus Valley and ruled for two thousand years. The effects of their glorious civilization are still felt today. Harappa and Mohenjo-daro are said to be the cities he discovered. Some words in Seraiki language are also Dravidian words like Ada, Choti, Kachh, Aman, Kata, Roti, Aari, Chamta, Salh, Kot, Nair, Amb, Angori, Chakh and Bohari etc۔ After the Dravidians, the Aryans came to the Indus Valley. They attacked and drove away the Dravidians because the Dravidians were very weak so the powerful Aryans became the rulers.
And after a thousand years of government here, the Aryans gradually spread to India and introduced Sanskrit as the standard and scholarly language. As well as languages, Sanskrit influences are also seen on Seraiki language such as Chandra, Patar, Kumb, Mar, Sajjan, Janj, Singh, Mil Ghoda, Lala, Tere, Bahu, Uch, Ash, Als, Ant, Bhaji, Bhog. , And Dhan etc. Alexander the Great invaded Multan in 326 BC and the government was teaching Buddhism at that time. After the reign of Alexander the Great, the Greeks left here, but their language also had an effect on the Seraiki language, such as kana, buti, choti, katuri, nein vinjan, phal, ghera, dum, sufi, tabut, kafan mandir and sat etc.When the Arabs entered the Indus Valley, the people here converted to Islam and Arabic was the official language at that time. Therefore, the foot of the Seraiki language was filled with Arabic words, syntax and linguistic sounds۔Countless Arabic words are spoken in Seraiki such as Wasil, Zahir, Only, Shamat, Kasur, Khuj, Safa, Khamis, Taq, Omid, Athar, Barakat, Aman, Ada and Anjra etc. As the influence of the Arabs diminished, Persian speakers became the rulers of these areas. People spoke and wrote Persian, so the influence of Persian is still visible in the Seraiki language as:
Azara, Bakhra, Jirga, Shaidi, Peelun, Kora, Bang, Ein, Arm, Razor and Jumping etc. Along with all these languages, languages ​​like Pashto, Balochi, Sindhi, Brahui, Gojri, Hindko and Punjabi are spoken along the boundaries of the Seraiki-speaking areas. Therefore, their effects on Seraiki and the effects of Seraiki on these languages ​​are present. Books have been written in the Seraiki language for a long time, including "Noor Namah” which is read from 500 AH and the necessary syllabus from 1797.Noornameh is a religious book which is considered to be a reward for keeping and reading in every home. The curriculum is essential, a dictionary that is still taught in the teaching system. Seraiki is a cultural language. The great virtue of the cultural language is its folk literature. Including utterances: idioms, bhajharat, dua, plute, loli, wedding songs, harvest and festival songs, tapas, drums And there are many such topics. Seraiki folk literature is very wide including religious literature, poetry, linguistics, fiction, drama, sketch, essay, novel, research, criticism, history, culture, prose literature, political literature, folk literature, fardiyat, loli, dohra, war, Ghazals, haiku, bands and quatrains are also being written in the city of Ashob, poetry and modern literary genres. One of the great virtues of the Seraiki language is its nucleus system which is not present in Aryan language. It has four special voices.
ٻ, ڃ, ڈ,ڳ
These sounds were introduced by Seraiki linguists and intellectuals with separate letters in 1975 and incorporated into the current script, and another sound that is also present in languages ​​other than Seraiki is the sound of Ondar (Nun Ghana + ڑ). It is represented in Seraiki with the letter and the symbol with which these words are formed. لکھݨ)، ٻولݨ،پاݨی،سوہݨاں،کھݨ، کڈھݨ،ڈیݨ)
Seraiki speakers have been deprived of their identity and rights for seventy years to this day. Various Seraiki parties have been fighting for the establishment of the province for seventy years. Various political parties promised the formation of the province but the promise has not been fulfilled yet. In May 2012, a resolution for the establishment of the province was passed by a majority. All this is the result of the efforts of these Seraiki parties and eminent leaders۔
Various political parties that have been in power or are in power have promised to establish the province but it has not been implemented till date. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has also promised to establish the province within 100 days. The Seraiki nation is still deprived of the recognition of its fundamental rights۔

 

Mehreen Fatima hails from Muzaffargarh district, She did MA  a Seraiki, she started writing on various topics from 2019, her writings are published in various publications of Seraiki Wasieb.

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