ara iki . ▁However , ▁S era iki ▁and ▁S ira iki ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁used ▁in ▁academ ia ▁until ▁recently . ▁P rec ise ▁sp elling ▁aside , ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁first ▁adopted ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁by ▁regional ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁leaders . ▁ ▁Classification ▁and ▁related ▁languages ▁ ▁S ara iki ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ind o - A ry an ▁sub div ision ▁of ▁the ▁Ind o - I ran ian ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Ind o - Europe an ▁language ▁family . ▁Standard ▁P un j abi ▁and ▁S ara iki ▁( S outh ▁P un j abi ) ▁are ▁mut ually ▁intellig ible . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁G ri erson ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁dialect s ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁south west ▁of ▁P un j ab ▁Province ▁in ▁Pakistan ▁const itute ▁a ▁dialect ▁cluster , ▁which ▁he ▁designated ▁" S ou thern ▁L ah nd a " ▁within ▁a ▁put ative ▁" L ah nd a ▁language ". ▁Sub sequ ent ▁Ind o - A ry an ist ▁lingu ists ▁have ▁confirmed ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁this ▁dialect ▁cluster , ▁even ▁while ▁reject ing ▁the ▁name ▁" S ou thern ▁L ah nd a " ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁entity ▁" L ah nd a " ▁itself . ▁G ri erson ▁also ▁maintained ▁that ▁" L ah nd a " ▁was ▁his ▁novel ▁design ation ▁for ▁various ▁dialect s ▁up ▁to ▁then ▁called ▁" West ern ▁P un j