Languages of Pakistan
Pakistan is a multilingual country with over 70 languages spoken as first languages. The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family.
| Languages of Pakistan | |
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Dominant mother tongue in the districts of Pakistan | |
| Official | Urdu, English |
| National | Urdu |
| Regional | Balochi Balti Brahui Burushaski Dhatki Gujari Hazaragi Hindko Kashmiri Khowar Kohistani Kyrgyz Marwari Pashto Punjabi Pahari-Pothwari Parkari Koli Saraiki Shina Sindhi Turkmen Uzbek Wakhi |
| Signed | Pakistani Sign Language |
| Keyboard layout | QWERTY and Urdu keyboard |
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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 inter-communication between different ethnic groups. 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, Pahari-Pothwari and Brahui. There are approximately 60 local languages with fewer than a million speakers.
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