[2] Sarazi has similarities to the neighbouring Western Pahari languages like Bhaderwahi, though it is nowadays most often classified with the latter.

Various local names for the language, which may represent distinct dialects, include Bhagwali, Deswali, and Korarwali.

[3] Sarazi is not often used in writing, but when written, the default choice for a script falls on Perso-Arabic.

Grierson observed the similarities with both Kashmiri and with Western Pahari languages, and while noting that Sarazi can almost equally well be classified with either of the two, nonetheless opted to treat it as a dialect of Kashmiri on the basis of shared features in the verbal paradigm and elsewhere.

[4] Although Sarazi is still sometimes perceived as a Kashmiri dialect,[5] recent studies have generally placed it as a member of the Western Pahari group.