Languages of Pakistan

Urdu (, , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official Eighth Schedule language in India, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of India — alongside having official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states).

Pashto (, ; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan. It was also known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().

Turkic language

Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India

Kipchak Turkic language of Central Asia

Indo-Aryan language that is spoken on the state of Gujarat

Oghuz Turkic language of Central Asia

Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan and India

Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan

Dravidian language spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Burushaski (; , ) is a language isolate, spoken by the Burusho people, who predominantly reside in northern Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. There are also a few hundred speakers of this language in northern Jammu and Kashmir, India.

language group of the Indo-Iranian language family

Indo-Aryan language spoken in Pakistan

group of Bodic languages spoken by Tibetans in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and in northern areas of the Indian subcontinent

Khowar (, Khōwār, ), also known by its common exonym Chitrali, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic group, primarily spoken by the Kho people (Chitralis), native to the Chitral region and surrounding areas of Pakistan.

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Persian dialect spoken by the Hazara people

Ormuri ( ), also known as Baraki or Bargista, is an Eastern Iranian language spoken in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. It is primarily spoken by the Burki people in the town of Kaniguram in South Waziristan. A small number of speakers are also found in Logar, Afghanistan. The language belongs to the Eastern-Iranian language group. The extremely small number of speakers makes Ormuri an endangered language that is considered to be in a "threatened" state.

Pamir language spoken in the Upper Lutkuh Valley (Tehsil Lotkuh) of Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa west of Garam Chashma in Pakistan

languages of a geographic region

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Waṇetsi (), also called Tarīno () and sometimes Tsalgari (), is an eastern Iranian language that is spoken mainly in northern regions of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is sometimes considered a distinct variety of Pashto and perhaps is a representation of a more archaic, or very early, form of Pashto. In some cases, Wanetsi shares similarities with the Pamir language of Munji, being a sort of bridge between the former and Pashto. However, Wanetsi is generally unintelligible to Pashto speakers.

Dardic language of India and Pakistan

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Central Indo-Aryan language

sign language used throughout the Indian subcontinent

secret language spoken by hijra and koti

Pashto dialect

Pakistani Government Department

group of English language varieties spoken and written in Pakistan

Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Balochistan

Bantu language of Pakistan and India