Riasti dialect

Riasti dialect
Riasti dialect
Native to	Pakistan
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Lahnda Saraiki Riasti dialect; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	baha1254

Riasti, Bhawalpuri or Cholistani is a Saraiki dialect spoken in a wide area in Pakistani Punjab on the banks of the river Sutlej and in the Cholistan Desert. Its name is derived from the riast ('state') of Bahawalpur.

Dialects of Saraiki and Varieties of Lahnda

Sub-dialects of Riasti

These 3 districts speak this dialect cluster:

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