" ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁is ▁the ▁Th a ḷ i ▁dialect . ▁ ▁When ▁consult ing ▁sources ▁before ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁it ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁know ▁that ▁Pak ist ani ▁administrative ▁boundaries ▁have ▁been ▁alter ed ▁frequently . ▁Provin ces ▁in ▁Pakistan ▁are ▁divided ▁into ▁districts , ▁and ▁sources ▁on ▁" S ara iki " ▁often ▁describe ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁a ▁dialect ▁or ▁dialect ▁group ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁districts . ▁Since ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁Pakistan ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁several ▁of ▁these ▁districts ▁have ▁been ▁sub div ided , ▁some ▁multiple ▁times . ▁ ▁Status ▁of ▁language ▁or ▁dialect ▁In ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁South ▁Asia , ▁the ▁choice ▁between ▁the ▁app ell ations ▁" language " ▁and ▁" dia lect " ▁is ▁a ▁difficult ▁one , ▁and ▁any ▁distinction ▁made ▁using ▁these ▁terms ▁is ▁obsc ured ▁by ▁their ▁ambigu ity . ▁In ▁a ▁sense ▁both ▁S ira iki ▁and ▁Standard ▁Pan j abi ▁are ▁" dia lect s " ▁of ▁a ▁" Gre ater ▁P un j abi " ▁mac rol anguage . ▁ ▁S ara iki ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁dialect ▁of ▁P un j abi ▁by ▁most ▁British ▁colonial ▁administr ators , ▁and ▁is ▁still ▁seen ▁as ▁such ▁by ▁many ▁P un j ab is . ▁S ara ik is , ▁however , ▁consider ▁it ▁a ▁language ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁right ▁and ▁see ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁term ▁" dia lect " ▁as ▁st ig mat ising . ▁A ▁language ▁movement ▁was ▁started ▁in ▁the