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Presence and prominence of languages at the provincial level in Pakistan
Main article: Languages of Pakistan
The provincial languages of Pakistan are a set of languages that are spoken and used in the Provinces of Pakistan (Punjab , Sindh , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan ).
Balochistan
Rank
Language
Details
1
Balochi
Balochi is the main provincial language of Balochistan
2
Urdu
Urdu is the second language of Balochistan
3
Brahui
Brahui is the third language of Balochistan
4
Pashto
Pashto is spoken by majority of Quetta, capital of Balochistan
5
Hazaragi
Fourth language of Balochistan
Punjab
Rank
Language
Details
1
Punjabi
Punjabi is the first language of Punjab
2
Saraiki
Saraiki is the second language of Punjab
3
Hindko
Hindko is the third language of Punjab
4
Urdu
Urdu is the fourth language of Punjab
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Rank
Language
Details
1
Pashto
Pashto is the main provincial language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2
Urdu
Urdu is the second language of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
3
Hindko
Hindko is spoken in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sindh
Rank
Language
Details
1
Sindhi
Sindhi is the first language of Sindh
2
Lasi
Lasi is similar to Sindhi and is the second language of Sindh
3
Urdu
There are a lot of Urdu-Speaking Muhajirs in Karachi
4
Kutchi
Kutchi is the fourth language of Sindh
5
Thari
Thari is the fifth language of Pakistan
6
Balochi
Balochi is spoken in western Sindh
7
Saraiki
Saraiki is spoken in Northern Sindh, near the Punjab border
Gilgit-Baltistan
Rank
Language
Detail
1
Shina
It is a Dardic language spoken by the majority in six tehsil
2
Brouski
It is spoken by the majority in four tehsil s (Nagar I, Nagar II, Hunza and Yasin). It is a language isolate that has borrowed considerable Urdu vocabulary.
3
Khowar
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.
4
Wakhi
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 Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts.
5
Balti
It is spoken in Gilgit Baltistan and some parts of India's Ladakh
6
Domaaki
It is the least spoken language of Gilgit-Baltistan, In 2011, the estimated Domaaki speakers were 340.
References
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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