abi ", ▁spoken ▁north , ▁west , ▁and ▁south ▁of ▁L ah ore . ▁The ▁local ▁dialect ▁of ▁L ah ore ▁is ▁the ▁Maj hi ▁dialect ▁of ▁P un j abi , ▁which ▁has ▁long ▁been ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁standard ▁literary ▁P un j abi . ▁However , ▁outside ▁of ▁Ind o - A ry an ist ▁circles , ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁" L ah nd a " ▁is ▁still ▁found ▁in ▁comp il ations ▁of ▁the ▁world ' s ▁languages ▁( e . g . ▁Eth n olog ue ). ▁ ▁Dia lect s ▁The ▁following ▁dialect s ▁have ▁been ▁tent atively ▁proposed ▁for ▁S ara iki : ▁ ▁Central ▁S ara iki , ▁including ▁Mult ani : ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁districts ▁of ▁D era ▁Gh azi ▁Khan , ▁Mu za ff arg ar h , ▁Le iah , ▁Mult an ▁and ▁Bah aw al pur . ▁Southern ▁S ara iki : ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁the ▁districts ▁of ▁Raj an pur ▁and ▁Rah im yar ▁Khan . ▁S ind hi ▁S ara iki : ▁dispers ed ▁throughout ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁S ind h . ▁Northern ▁S ara iki , ▁or ▁Th ali : ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁district ▁of ▁D era ▁Is mail ▁Khan ▁and ▁the ▁northern ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Th al ▁region , ▁including ▁M ian w ali ▁District . ▁Eastern ▁S ara iki : ▁trans itional ▁to ▁P un j abi ▁and ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁Bar ▁region ▁along ▁the ▁boundary ▁with ▁the ▁eastern ▁Maj hi ▁dialect . ▁This ▁group ▁includes