![]() Of these, 68 are indigenous and 9 are non-indigenous. The 2022 edition of Ethnologue lists 77 established languages in Pakistan. There are approximately 60 local languages with fewer than a million speakers. Languages with more than a million speakers each include Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Gujari, Pahari-Pothwari and Brahui. Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups. ![]() 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. ![]() The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. Pakistan is a multilingual country with dozens of languages spoken as first languages.
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