Common dialects in pakistan

1. Subject : Multiculture Population
Topic: Define Dialect and what type of different dialects are
common in Pakistan ?
Definitions:
A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social
group.
 A regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary,
grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting
together with them a single language
 Linguistics: a variety of a language that is distinguished from other
varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar,and v
ocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set offfrom ot
hers geographically or socially.
 a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differsf
rom the standard language, especially when considered assubstandard.
 a special variety of a language:
The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language.
 a language considered as one of a group that have a commonancestor:
Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects.
 One of two or more cognate languages <French and Italian are
Romance dialects>
 A variety of a language used by the members of a group <such dialects as
politics and advertising — Philip Howard>
 Avariety of language whose identity is fixed by a factor other than
geography (as social class) <spoke a rough peasant dialect>

2. Standard and non-standard dialect
A standard dialect (also known as a standardized dialect or "standard
language") is a dialect that is supported by institutions e.g Standard
American English
A nonstandarddialect, like a standard dialect, has a complete vocabulary,
grammar, and syntax, but is usually not the beneficiary of institutional
support. Examples of a nonstandardEnglish dialect are Southern
American English
Pakistan's national language is Urdu. English and Urdu are the official languages. In
2015, the government announced its plans to make Urdu as the sole official
language and abolish English
 National Language:
Urdu
 Provincial languages
o Punjabi
o Pashto
o Sindhi
o Balochi
 Sub-provincial regional languages
o Brahui
o Shina
o Kashmiri
Other languages
 English (previous colonial and co-officiallanguage)
 Arabic (religious and minor literary language)
 Persian (previous colonial and literary language)
 Turkic languages (previous colonial and immigrant languages)
 Minor languages
 Urdu
Urdu language has four main Dialects which has recognized by Urdu speaker
 Dakhani
 Rekhta
 Modern Vernacular Urdu (based on the Khariboli dialect of the Delhi region)
 Pakistani dialect
Types of Different DialectsCommoninPakistan

3. PROVISIONAL LANGUAGES:
PUNJAB SINDH BALACHISTAN KHYBER
PAKHTUNKW
A
70% people of
Pakistan speaks
Punjabi
The language
spoken in
province Sindh is
sindhi
Balochi, Urdu,
Pashto, and
Brahui are the
provincial
language of
Baluchistan.
The provincial
language of
Khyber-
Pukhtunkhwa is
Pashto
87% of Lahore
population
speaks Punjabi
Sindhi is 2nd most
common
language in
Pakistan
It is the main
language spoken
in Baluchistan
This language is
also spoken
widely in
adjacent regions
of Afghanistan
68% of Islamabad
population
speaks Punjabi
Other language
of Sindh such as
lasi, Kutchi, Thari
and Sindhi
Saraiki.
apart from
Brahui, Hazaragi,
and the Balochi
dialects of
Pashto.
Other languages
of the province
include Chitrali,
Kohistani, and
Hindko.
REGIONAL LANGUAGES:
KASHMIRI BRAHUI HINDKO SHINA SARAIKI
Kashmiri is an
ancient Dardic
language spoken
in Azad Kashmir,
Gilgit–Baltistan
and Punjab
provinces of
Pakistan.
Brahui is a
Dravidian
language of
central and east-
central
Baluchistan.
Hindko name is
derived from
Hindu Kush
mountains.
It is very similar
to northern
dialects of
Punjabi.
Shina is a Dardic
language spoken
by a plurality of
people in Gilgit–
Baltistan of
Pakistan.
Saraiki is spoken
in southern
Punjab. Multan,
Lodhran,
Bahawalpur,
Bhakkar, Rahim
Yar Khan,
Muzaffargarh
etc.
There are over
100,000
Kashmiri
speakers in
Pakistan.
1–1.5% of the
Pakistani
population has
Brahui as their
first language.
Spoken in
Haripur,
Abbottabad,
Mansehra,
Peshawar, Kohat,
Nowshera,
Swabi.
Chilas, Dareil,
Tangeer, Gilgit,
Ghizer, Kohistan.
There were
321,000
speakers of
Gilgiti Shina.
More than 18
million Saraiki
live in Pakistan
and nearly 100
thousand Saraiki
live in other
countries.