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English

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The word English has been extracted from the name of Angles (which is now known as Schleswig-Holstein). Originating from the Old Saxon and Anglo Frisian dialects brought around by the Germanic and British settlers who came around from numerous parts of what we now recognize as Netherlands, Denmark and Germany came a language known as English.

Urdu

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The term “Language” may be referring to the intricate system of communication used by locals of any area or to any occurrence of use of this system. Talking about language could be referring to either the written mode of communication or to the colloquial mode. With the passage of time languages have evolved into their own universes; with the basics including the accent, alphabets and writing skills. Among the 6000 languages spoken around the world, Urdu is the fourth most vocalized language round the globe, the order being Mandarin, Spanish, English & then Urdu/Hindi. The reason I wrote Urdu/Hindi here is that both of the languages are derived from the same sources just that at the issue of writing Urdu took on Nastaliq style of writing and Hindi uses the Devanāgarī style. With the passage of time Urdu has also taken on some words of Sanskrit.

Sindhi Language

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Sindhi language is a mixture of various cultural languages and most of its words are written in Arabic script. Sindh is a province of diverse culture and everything related to it is rich in historic background. The most interesting fact about this language is that every Sindhi word ends with a vowel and due to this the pronunciation sounds more melodious.

Saraiki Language

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An estimated 16 million people in Pakistan speak Saraiki as their first language. Saraiki is the fourth most popular regional language of Pakistan and the second most popular in Punjab. Multan is said to be the mother of all Saraiki areas as before partition all Saraiki areas in South of Punjab were part of Multan and were broken to several areas during the long course of history.

Punjabi Language

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There are uncountable different languages in the world that are spoken and they are also written. One of these languages is Punjabi. Punjabi is spoken by the people of the historical region of Punjab. It is a language that is originated from Indo-Aryan. When region of Punjab is being discussed then north western part of India and north eastern part of Pakistan is being considered.

Pashto

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Pashto is the chief language of Afghanistan and is famous among the Pakhtuns of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North West Frontier Province). The language is not spoken only in these two regions but its speakers can be found in a large quantity around the world. Around sixty million people promote this language. The language has three branches; Northern Pashto, Southern Pashto and Central Pashto.

Languages in Pakistan

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There are over 72 languages spoken around Pakistani Land. Official language of this country is Urdu and provincial languages include Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto and Balochi. Our official language has the ability to adopt words from other languages and includes various words that are taken from our regional languages but only 8% of the people use Urdu as a proper communication language. Various kinds of regional languages are spoken in all over the country and they vary with each province. The most common regional languages are Brahvi, Hindko, Kashmiri, Siraiki and Shina.