Thali dialect

Not to be confused with the Thali dialect of Marwari.

Thali
Native to	Pakistan
Region	northern Thal Desert, southwestern Khyber Paktunkhwa
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Lahnda Saraiki Thali
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	thal1241
Location within Pakistan
Coordinates: 31°N 71°E / 31; 71

Thaḷī is a dialect of Saraiki language spoken in parts of the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Thali is an alternative term for Derawali dialect of Saraiki, although it has also been described as transitional between Saraiki and Jhangvi-Shahpuri. Its name derives from the Thal Desert, in which it is spoken.

The vocabulary of Thali is similar to Jhangvi-Shahpuri spoken to the east, but often the forms are closer to that of Saraiki.