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Major Ethnic Groups in Pakistan

English is the official language of Pakistan and used in official business, government, and legal contacts. The constitution of Pakistan is written in English. Urdu is the national language, usually spoken to communicate with different ethnic groups. Punjabi is the most commonly spoken ethnic language.. Other major languages spoken in Pakistan include (in order of number of speakers): Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki and Balochi; English is mostly spoken by educated people.

Following are the major languages spoken in Pakistan. The percentage of Pakistanis who are native speakers of that language is also given.

• Punjabi 44.68%
• Pashto 15.42%
• Sindhi 14.1%
• Seraiki 8.38%
• Urdu 7.57%
• Balochi 3.57%
• Others 6.08%

Other languages include Brahui, Potwari, Kashmiri, Persian, Dari, Hindko, Gujrati, Memoni, Makrani, Marwari, Bengali, Gojri, and Dogri.