| has gloss | eng: English is the official language of Pakistan while Urdu is the national language despite not being a native language or being the mother tongue of any native group in the country. There are also four provincial languages: Balochi language, Pashto, Saraiki, Sindhi and Punjabi and one state language (Kashmiri language). Pakistan is heir to one of the most ancient civilzations in the world along with Iraq and Egypt, and it is only to be expected that its languages, too, have ancient roots. These primary languages have not been used in the domains of power because the rulers of these regions were generally foreigners. But the foreigners, whether Iranians, Greeks, Arabs, Turks as well as the British, have all enriched the indigenous languages so that their vocabulary is multilingual and varied. |
| has gloss | eng: Pakistan has two official languages: Urdu (which is also the national language) and English. In addition there are five major regional languages: Punjabi, Pashto, Saraiki, Sindhi, and Balochi. |
| lexicalization | eng: Languages of Pakistan |
| subclass of | (noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
language, linguistic communication |
| Note: 25 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | e/Burig |
| has instance | c/Jhangochi Dialect speaking areas |
| has instance | e/Jadgal |
| has instance | e/Lasi |
| has instance | e/Lubanki |
| has instance | e/Persian and Urdu |
| has instance | e/Shahmukhi script |
| has instance | e/Urdu Informatics |
| has instance | e/hr/Aer jezik |
| has instance | e/hr/Bhaya jezik |
| has instance | e/hr/Kabutra jezik |
| has instance | e/hr/Čitralski jezici |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Bhaya |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Kalasha |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Kalkoti |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Kohistani Indus |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Koli Kachi |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Lasi |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Loarki |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga Urdu |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga bateri |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga dij segn pakistan-a |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga ghera |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga gowro |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga hindko meridional |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga hindko setentrional |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga jandavra |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga shina kohistani |
| has instance | e/pms/Lenga shina |
| has instance | e/simple/Balochi, Northern |
| has instance | e/simple/Gurgula |
| has instance | e/simple/Jandavra |
| has instance | e/simple/Kabutra |
| has instance | e/simple/Kalkoti |
| has instance | e/simple/Kohistani, Indus |
| has instance | e/simple/Koli-Kachi |
| has instance | e/simple/Od (Language) |
| has instance | e/simple/Shina-Kohistani |
| has instance | e/simple/Zangskari |
| has instance | e/ur/کشمیری |
