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Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country where over 70 languages serve as mother tongues. Most of these languages fall under the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. While [[Urdu]] holds the status of national language, it shares official recognition with English and functions as the primary medium for communication across different ethnic communities. Several regional languages also serve as first languages for Pakistan’s various ethnolinguistic groups. The [[Census of Pakistan 2023|2023]] census records languages with over a million speakers each as Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, and the Kohistani languages. The census, however, does not include data from the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmi]] (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, which may affect the reported figures for Shina and Balti). Approximately 60 local languages have fewer than | {{Short description|Census of Pakistan 2023}} | ||
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{{Languages of | |||
|country = Pakistan | |||
|national = Urdu{{efn|Under the provisions of the [[Constitution of Pakistan|Pakistani constitution]], Urdu has status as the 'national language'<ref>{{cite web |title=Article: 251 National language|url=https://pakistanconstitutionlaw.com/article-251-national-language/|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>}} | |||
|official = {{ubli|[[Urdu]] (nationwide){{efn|name=Nationwide Official|Urdu and English have official status all around the country under the provisions of the [[Constitution of Pakistan|Pakistani constitution]]}}|[[English language|English]] (nationwide){{efn|name=Nationwide Official}}|[[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] (in [[Sindh]]){{efn|Sindh's official language is Sindhi. It is the only province in the country that has its own official language, alongside the nationally official languages Urdu and English}}}} | |||
|regional = [[Languages in Pakistan#List of languages|Over 70 regional languages]] | |||
|minority = | |||
|foreign = | |||
|keyboard = [[QWERTY]] and Urdu keyboard | |||
|keyboard image = [[File:KB_United_Kingdom.svg|200px]]<br />[[File:Urdu keyboard win.png|200px]] | |||
|sign = [[Pakistani Sign Language]] | |||
|image = Mother Tongue by Pakistani District - 2017 Census.svg | |||
|caption = Dominant mother tongue in the [[districts of Pakistan]] as of the [[Census of Pakistan 2017]] | |||
}} | |||
Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country where over 70 languages serve as mother tongues. Most of these languages fall under the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. While [[Urdu]] holds the status of national language, it shares official recognition with English and functions as the primary medium for communication across different ethnic communities. Several regional languages also serve as first languages for Pakistan’s various ethnolinguistic groups. The [[Census of Pakistan 2023|2023]] census records languages with over a million speakers each as Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, and the Kohistani languages. The census, however, does not include data from the [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmi]] (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, which may affect the reported figures for Shina and Balti). Approximately 60 local languages have fewer than 10 lakh speakers. | |||
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| Languages of Pakistan | |
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 Dominant mother tongue in the districts of Pakistan as of the Census of Pakistan 2017 | |
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| National | Urdu[lower-alpha 3] |
| Regional | Over 70 regional languages |
| Signed | Pakistani Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | |
Pakistan is a linguistically diverse country where over 70 languages serve as mother tongues. Most of these languages fall under the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. While Urdu holds the status of national language, it shares official recognition with English and functions as the primary medium for communication across different ethnic communities. Several regional languages also serve as first languages for Pakistan’s various ethnolinguistic groups. The 2023 census records languages with over a million speakers each as Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Brahui, and the Kohistani languages. The census, however, does not include data from the Pakistan-occupied Kashmi (Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, which may affect the reported figures for Shina and Balti). Approximately 60 local languages have fewer than 10 lakh speakers.
References
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- ↑ "Article: 251 National language". Retrieved 23 July 2018.