Punjabi as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census Punjabi () is an
Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the
Punjab province of
Pakistan, with the prominent dialect being the
Majhi dialect, written in the
Shahmukhi script. Punjabi is the most widely spoken language in Pakistan. It is spoken as a first language by 36.98% of Pakistanis. It is also spoken in
Indian Punjab but it is official there, unlike in
Pakistani Punjab.
Pashto as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census|left
Pashto () is an
Iranian language spoken as a first language by more than 18.15% of Pakistanis, mainly in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as in ethnic
Pashtun communities in northern
Balochistan and the cities of
Islamabad,
Rawalpindi and most notably
Karachi, which may have the largest Pashtun population of any city in the world. There are three major dialect patterns within which the various individual dialects may be classified; these are the Pakhto variety of Northern (
Peshawar) variety, the southern Pashto spoken in the vicinity of
Quetta.
Sindhi as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census Sindhi () is an
Indo-Aryan language spoken as a first language by almost 14.31% of Pakistanis, mostly in the
Sindh province of
Pakistan. The name "Sindhi" is derived from
Sindhu, the original name of the
Indus River. Like other languages of this family, Sindhi has passed through Old Indo-Aryan (
Sanskrit) and Middle Indo-Aryan (Pali, secondary Prakrits, and
Apabhramsha) stages of growth. 20th century Western scholars such as
George Abraham Grierson believed that Sindhi descended specifically from the Vrācaḍa dialect of Apabhramsha (described by
Markandeya as being spoken in
Sindhu-deśa) but later work has shown this to be unlikely. It entered the New Indo-Aryan stage around the 10th century CE. The six major known dialects of the Sindhi language are Siroli, Vicholi, Lari, Thari,
Lasi and
Kutchi.
Saraiki as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census|left
Saraiki () is an
Indo Aryan language of the
Lahnda group spoken in central and southeastern Pakistan, primarily in the southern part of the province of Punjab. Saraiki is to a high degree mutually intelligible with
Standard Punjabi and is coshares with it a large portion of its vocabulary and
morphology. At the same time in
its phonology it is radically different. Saraiki is spoken by approximately 26 million people in
Pakistan, ranging across southern
Punjab, southern
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and border regions of northern
Sindh and eastern
Balochistan.
Balochi as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census Balochi () is an
Iranian language spoken as a first language by about 3% of Pakistanis, mostly in the
Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Hindko as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census|left
Hindko () is an
Indo-Aryan language group of
Lahnda spoken in several discontinuous areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Punjab. It is mutually intelligible with
Standard Punjabi and
Saraiki,The word
Hindko, commonly used to refer to a number of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the neighbourhood of
Pashto, likely originally meant "the Indian language" (in contrast to Pashto). An alternative local name for this language group is
Hindki.
Brahui as their
mother tongue in each Pakistani
District as of the
2017 Pakistan Census Brahui () is a
Dravidian language spoken in the central part of
Balochistan province of
Pakistan. Brahui is spoken mainly in
Kalat,
Khuzdar,
Mastung,
Nushki and
Surab districts, but also in smaller numbers in neighboring districts, as well as in
Afghanistan which borders Balochistan province of Pakistan; however, many members of the ethnic group
no longer speak Brahui. == Endangered languages ==