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{{Short description|Presence and prominence of languages at the provincial level in Pakistan}}
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The '''provincial languages of Pakistan''' are a set of languages that are spoken and used in the ] (], ], ], ] and ]).


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== Balochistan ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Language
!Details
|-
|1
|]
|Balochi is the main provincial language of Balochistan
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|2
|]
|Urdu is the second language of Balochistan
|-
|3
|]
|Brahui is the third language of Balochistan
|}

== Punjab ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Rank
!Language
!Details
|-
|1
|]
|Punjabi is the first language of Punjab
|-
|2
|]
|Saraiki is the second language of Punjab
|-
|3
|]
|Hindko is the third language of Punjab
|-
|4
|]
|Urdu is the fourth language of Punjab
|}

== Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Language
!Details
|-
|1
|]
|Pashto is the main provincial language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|-
|2
|]
|Urdu is the second language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|-
|3
|]
|Hindko is spoken in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|}

== Gilgit-Baltistan ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rank
!Language
!Detail
|-
|1
!]
|It is a ] spoken by the majority in six '']''s (Gilgit, Diamir/Chilas, Darel/Tangir, Astore, Puniyal/Gahkuch and Rondu).
|-
|2
!]
|It is spoken by the majority in four ''tehsil''s (Nagar I, Nagar II, Hunza and Yasin). It is a ] that has borrowed considerable Urdu vocabulary.
|-
|3
!]
|It is spoken by the majority in two ''tehsil''s (Gupis and Ishkomen) but also spoken in Yasin and Puniyal/Gahkuch Tehsils. Like Shina, it is a Dardic language.
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|4
!]
|It is spoken by the majority of people in Gojal Tehsil of Hunza. But it is also spoken in the Yasin and Ishkoman tehsils of ] and ] districts.
|-
|5
|]
|It is spoken in Gilgit Baltistan and some parts of India's Ladakh
|-
|6
!]
|It is the least spoken language of Gilgit-Baltistan, In 2011, the estimated Domaaki speakers were 340.
|}
* ]: The provincial language spoken in the province of Sindh is ]. Sindhi is the 2nd largest spoken language spoken in Pakistan and is the only regional. This language is used and spoken mostly by the ], along with several other languages indigenous to Sindh such as ], ], ] and Sindhi ].
Urdu is spoken and understood by nearly all Pakistanis, as it is the national language and is officially used in formal governmental, educational purposes.

==References==
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https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-pakistan.html#:~:text=Urdu%20is%20not%20only%20the,national%20language%20of%20the%20country.

https://uh.edu/~sriaz/thecountry/languages/



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