Saraiki is a language of Lahnda dialect continuum within the Punjabi language variety of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is spoken by 28.84 million people, as per the 2023 Pakistani census, mostly in southern Punjab, northern Sindh and southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Saraiki is also spoken in Indian Punjab by Sikhs and Hindus who migrated from the southern regions of West Punjab in 1947 and write it using the Gurmukhi script.