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Map showing some of the minor languages in Pakistan as of 1998. Other languages spoken by linguistic minorities include the languages listed below, with speakers ranging from a few dozen to tens of thousands. A few are highly endangered languages that may soon have no speakers at all. [44]
The Saraikis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of central and southeastern Pakistan, primarily in the southern part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. [21] They are mainly found in Derajat, a cultural region of central Pakistan, located in the region where the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan meet.
Ayub`s educational plan emphasized Urdu and English as the primary language of Pakistan, but additionally recommended that Arabic be a secondary language of instruction along with English." [16] This recommendation was purely for religious reasons, as Pakistan is not an Arab country. The Arabic language is mentioned in the constitution of Pakistan.
Persian language in Pakistan (7 P) Punjabi language (12 C, 15 P) U. Urdu in Pakistan (1 C, 2 P) W. Pakistani words and phrases (9 C, 2 P) Pakistani writers by ...
A clickable map of the official language or lingua franca spoken in each state/province of South Asia excluding the Maldives. Indo-Aryan languages are in green, Iranic languages in dark green, Dravidian languages in purple, Tibeto-Burman languages in red, and Turkic languages in orange.
[53] [54] The majority Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English , it is the preferred and dominant language used for communication between different ethnic groups.
Before the British colonised the Indian subcontinent, Persian was the region's lingua franca and a widely used official language in what are now north India and Pakistan. . The language was brought into the region by various Turkic, Persian and Afghan dynasties, in particular the Turko-Afghan Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Dyna
Map showcasing the areas where each Dardic language is spoken Map showcasing the areas where each Dardic language is spoken with subdivisions visible. Dardic languages have been organized into the following subfamilies: [40] [31] Eastern Dardic languages: Kashmiri languages: Kashmiri, Poguli, Kishtwari; [41]