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Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan. It is spoken as a first language by 38.78% of Pakistanis. [25] The language is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold: internationally recognized sovereign states. The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) Vatican City (administered by the Holy See, a UN observer state), which is generally recognized as a ...
Urdu is the sole national, and one of the two official languages of Pakistan (along with English). [102] It is spoken and understood throughout the country, whereas the state-by-state languages (languages spoken throughout various regions) are the provincial languages, although only 7.57% of Pakistanis speak Urdu as their first language. [159]
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The name "Hindko" means "the Indian language" or "language of Hind", [a] [13] [10] [14] [11] and refers to the Indo-Aryan speech forms spoken in the northern Indian subcontinent, [10] [15] [12] in contrast to the neighbouring Pashto, an Iranic language spoken by the Pashtun people. [11] [15] [16] An alternative local name for this language ...
Pakistani English (Paklish, Pinglish, PakEng, en-PK [2] [3]) is a group of English-language varieties spoken in Pakistan and among the Pakistani diaspora. [4] English is the primary language used by the government of Pakistan, alongside Urdu, on the national level.
Urdu, or Lashkari (لشکری ), [45] an Indo-Aryan language, is the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while it shares official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups. It is not believed to be a language affiliated with any ethnicity and its speakers come from ...
Saraiki is the first language of approximately 29 million people in Pakistan according to the 2023 census. [3] The first national census of Pakistan to gather data on the prevalence of Saraiki was the census of 1981. [39] In that year, the percentage of respondents nationwide reporting Saraiki as their native language was 9.83.