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  2. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Urdu is taught as a compulsory subject up to higher secondary school in both English and Urdu medium school systems, which has produced millions of second-language Urdu speakers among people whose native language is one of the other languages of Pakistan – which in turn has led to the absorption of vocabulary from various regional Pakistani ...

  3. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of languages by total number of speakers. It is difficult to define what constitutes a language as opposed to a dialect . For example, Chinese and Arabic are sometimes considered single languages, but each includes several mutually unintelligible varieties , and so they are sometimes considered language families instead.

  4. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    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. [160]

  5. Demographics of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    [56] [57] Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups. Languages with more than a million speakers each include Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, Mewati and Kohistani. [60] [61] Ethnologue lists 74 languages in Pakistan. Of these, 66 are indigenous and 8 ...

  6. Category:Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Urdu in Pakistan (1 C, 2 P) W. Pakistani words and phrases ... Pages in category "Languages of Pakistan"

  7. Pakistanis - Wikipedia

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    Urdu, or Lashkari (لشکری ), [47] 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 ...

  8. Category:Languages of Pakistan by country - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export ... Bengali language in Pakistan (2 C) P. Punjabi language in Pakistan (1 C, 18 P) U. Urdu in Pakistan (1 C, ...

  9. Urdu-speaking people - Wikipedia

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    Although the majority of Urdu-speakers reside in Pakistan (including 30 million native speakers, [5] and up to 94 million second-language speakers), [10] where Urdu is the national and official language, most speakers who use Urdu as their native tongue live in northern India, where it is one of 22 official languages. [112]