How many languages are spoken in Pakistan?
Languages That are spoken in Pakistan.
Approximately 7,457 different languages are spoken across the World, of
which 360 languages are not spoken anymore. Same like that there are number of the different kind of the languages are spoken all
over the Pakistan. And more than 220 million people live in Pakistan. Pakistan
having 4 Provinces(Punjab, Sind, Blochistan and Khaiber Pakhtun Kha). It is home
to many communities with their distinct Culture, languages, food, traditions
and dialects.
The un-officially number of languages actively
spoken in Pakistan is between 73 or 74. This means that within hours as you
travel between the country’s districts, there are languages that other groups
in different regions do not speak.
Officially 2 main languages are spoken within the Pakistan (Urdu
and English).
As all over the world different nations celebrates the
International Mother Language Day, number of the media channels look into the
types of languages spoken within the Pakistan.
According to the Ethnology there are 74 different kinds of the
languages are spoken within the different areas of Pakistan by the People’s to
that are recognized because of that particular language, a website on languages
said that there are Sixty-six languages are local and eight are foreign
languages are spoken in the Pakistan.
Pakistan’s national language is Urdu that is mostly spoken within main areas of Pakistan like big cities especially spoken Karachi that is the most populous city of the
Pakistan, as well as Urdu is the national language of Pakistan but instead of
that according to the Ethnologic only 10% people of Pakistan speak it. Punjabi
is the most common language as 49% of the people speak it in different areas of
Pakistan but area to area it very small change occurs in it. According to our
personal research there are only 11% of the people within the Pakistan speaks
the Sindhi language, Sraiki and English
are spoken 11 %, Pashto 7%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2% and Brahui is only one percent spoken
by the people of Pakistan. Other kind of languages are also spoken in Pakistan
like Pothohari etc. But they are also considered as Punjabi language.
At LUMS university Conference according to the Dr Rasul Bux Rais,
said that for each nation their Mother language is very important as the ‘cultural
root’ of that nation. He said 10 to 12 dialects are spoken within Pakistan. However,
the number increases because of their ramifications.
Dr Rasul Rais pointed out
that work is under way for the last two years to preserve the dialects and
their linguistic diversity.
Speaking in mother tongue:
He said the conferences held in this connection underscore the
need for parents to talk to their children in their mother tongue.
Dr Rais said it that the debate over getting educated in the
mother tongue is not going in the right direction. He remarked “The language of
Urdu is not as developed as the Language of German or French”. “It is alright
if people don’t get educated in Urdu.”
The International Mother Language Day:
The International Mother Language Day (IMLD) is being marked
across the globe to highlight the importance of linguistic and cultural
diversity, across the world including Pakistan.
According to UNESCO this idea was observed and this day came
from Bangladesh. On Bangladesh’s initiative, and it was announced by the UNESCO
on November 17, 1999 and it was formally recognized the United Nations General
Assembly. The day was first observed in 2000.
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