There are two major languages that are being used in Pakistan. Urdu being the major and English is the official language in Pakistan. Besides these two languages, there are provincial languages spoken in Pakistan, mainly Pashto, Balochi, Sindhi and Punjabi. Saraiki, Hindko and Kashmiri are also being spoken at local level in Pakistan.
The languages that are spoken in Pakistan belong to Indo-Iranian Branch of the Indo-European language family. Urdu is spoken by a majority of nearly 7.57 % population in Pakistan. The majority of the population speaks Punjabi, Punjab being the biggest province of the country. Nearly 44.4 % of the population speak Punjabi. The second mostly spoken language in Pakistan is Pashto. The Pashto Belt is nearly 15.42 % of the total population, followed by Sindhi, Saraiki and then Balochi.
Though Urdu is not spoken in masses, yet it enjoys the status of being national language of Pakistan. It the mother tongue of nearly 8 % of the population, but it is understood by masses. Now that the literacy rate of Pakistan is improving, it also strengthens the internal communication through channelizing the communication through mutually understood language.
Urdu enjoys the history of being one of the developmental languages, which was introduced during the Islamic conquests of the South Asian subcontinent. It was devised for the betterment or improvement of the communication of the Muslim Army which belonged to different origins. Urdu itself is a Turkish word, which means army.
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