th - century ▁Italian ▁male ▁actors <0x0A> </s> ▁S ara iki ▁( ▁, ▁also ▁sp elt ▁S ira iki , ▁or ▁ ▁S era iki ) ▁is ▁an ▁Ind o - A ry an ▁language ▁of ▁the ▁L ah nd a ▁ ▁group , ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁south - western ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁P un j ab ▁in ▁Pakistan . ▁It ▁was ▁previously ▁known ▁as ▁Mult ani , ▁after ▁its ▁main ▁dialect . ▁ ▁S ara iki ▁is ▁to ▁a ▁high ▁degree ▁mut ually ▁intellig ible ▁with ▁Standard ▁P un j abi ▁and ▁shares ▁with ▁it ▁a ▁large ▁portion ▁of ▁its ▁voc ab ul ary ▁and ▁morph ology . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁in ▁its ▁ph on ology ▁it ▁is ▁rad ically ▁different ▁( part icular ly ▁in ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁t ones , ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁the ▁vo iced ▁asp ir ates ▁and ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁impl os ive ▁con son ants ), ▁and ▁has ▁important ▁gram mat ical ▁features ▁in ▁common ▁with ▁the ▁S ind hi ▁language ▁spoken ▁to ▁the ▁south . ▁ ▁S ara iki ▁is ▁the ▁ ▁language ▁of ▁ 2 5 . 9 ▁million ▁people ▁in ▁Pakistan , ▁r anging ▁across ▁southern ▁P un j ab , ▁southern ▁K hy ber ▁Pak ht unk h wa , ▁and ▁border ▁regions ▁of ▁northern ▁S ind h ▁and ▁eastern ▁Bal och istan . ▁ ▁The ▁S ara iki ▁language ▁identity ▁arose ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁en comp ass ing ▁more ▁narrow ▁local