How many languages are spoken in Pakistan?
Pakistan is a multilingual country with dozens of languages spoken as first languages . The majority of Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family . Official Urdu, English National Urdu Main Punjabi (38.78%); Pashto (18.24%); Sindhi (14.57%) ; Saraiki (12.19%); Urdu (7.08%) Balochi (3.02%); Hindko (2.24%); Pahari-Pothwari; Brahui Signed Pakistani Sign Language Keyboard layout QWERTY/Urdu keyboard Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups. Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups. Languages with more than a million speakers each include Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, Saraiki, Urdu, Balochi, Hindko, Pahari-Pothwari and Brahui. There