The presentation educates the viewer on the multi-lingual based Pakistani Culture. Introduces them with various languages spoken in the South Asian Country.

1. In The Name Of Allah, The Most Beneficent, The
Most Merciful.

3. Group Members
 Mohammad Abu Bakr
 Mohammad Ali Jibran
 Mohammad Awais Riaz
 Hassan Abdullah Khan
 Mirza Shahab Ud Din

4. Introduction
• Pakistan came into existence on 14th of August, 1947. An
estimate of 7 million Muslims migrated to Pakistan. The
population of Pakistan lies around 18 crores.
• The total population of Pakistan is composed of people of
different cultures, ethnicities’ and heritages.
• Pakistan was divided into four major provinces under the
constitution of 1973. This taken into consideration implies on
the fact that there are different languages spoken in Pakistan.
• The provinces named Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, KPK, &
Gilgit-Baltistan. Each province has its own Language.

5. LANGUAGES
The major Languages spoken in Pakistan are:
• Urdu
• Punjabi
• Pashto
• Sindhi
• Balochi
• Balti & Gilgiti

6. Urdu
• The National Language:
–Origin
–Books & Poets
–Mughals Reign
By M. Abu Bakr

7. • About 8% of total population of
Pakistan speaks Urdu.
• Origin of Urdu language can traced
to the advent of Islam in the
subcontinent.
• The first poetry in Urdu was by the
Persian poet Amir Khusro (1253–1325)
• The first Urdu book "Woh Majlis"
was written in 1728.
• The first time the word "Urdu" was
used was by Sirajuddin Ali khan
Arzoo in 1741.

8. URDU
• It began to take shape in what is now
continued to develop under the Mughal
Empire (1526–1858).
The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
Alamgir (1658-1707)
spoke Urdu fluently as did his
descendants.
• At the end of 18th century, Urdu had taken
place of Persian as the language of
Muslim culture in India.

9. Punjabi
• Main Points:
–History
–World Ranking
–Poets
–Dialects of Punjabi.
By Mirza Shah

10. PUNJABI
• The l ar gest l anguage spoken i n Paki st an i s
Punj abi , ar ound 60% of t he t ot al
popul at i on.
• Ther e ar e 88 m l l i on nat i ve speaker s of
i
t he Punj abi l anguage, w ch m
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akes i t
appr oxi m el y t he 10t h m w del y spoken
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or
• I t i s an anci ent l anguage, exact t r ace of
i t s or i gi ns i s unknow but exper t s bel i eve
n
t hat i t goes as ol d as 2500 BC
.

11. PUNJABI
• Punj abi i s descended f r om
:
– Pr ocr i t
• Vedi c per i od (1700 B.C
)
– Pal i (O d Per si an) & A
l
pabhr am
sha
• A
shoka per i od (273 B.C - 232 B.C
)
– H ndvi , Lahor i and M t ani
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ul
• M i mper i od (711 A.D - 1857 A.D
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)
• Punj abi l i t er at ur e w pr i nci pal l y spi r i t ual
as
i n nat ur e and has had a ver y r i ch or al
t r adi t i on.
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t o be t he f i r st Punj abi poet .

12. Dialects of Punjabi
• Namely:
– Majhi – It is spoken in cities located in the heart of Punjabi i.e.
Lahore, Gujranwala, Narowal etc.
– Shahpuri – It is mainly spoken in the Western and North Western parts of
Punjab.
– Pothowari – It is spoken in the Northern Punjab, the areas of Murree hills
and plains around Rawalpindi.
– Hindko – A different dialect of Punjabi, It is spoken in the North-Western
Punjab and the Southern KPK and also in the area of Murree.
– Dhani – It is spoken mainly in the Chakwal District.
– Saraiki – Its different more than any other dialect of Punjabi. It is spoken all
over Punjab but majority speakers are in South.

13. Pashto
• Main Points:
–History
–Poets
–Dialects of Pashto.
By Hassan Abdullah

14. PASHTO
 Pashto is the first language of about 10% of the total
population mainly located in KPK.
 Before the arrival of Muslims in the Sub-continent
Pashto was lettered in Kharoshti script.
 Although Pashto was influenced by many foreign
languages like Turkish, Pali and Sanskrit, but these
influences did not make any substantial change in it’s
basically Islamic Character.
 The first Pashto poet Amir Karore was born between
8th and 15th century AD, also born during this period
were notable poets like Sher Shah Suri and Bayazid
Ansari.

15. PASHTO
 Tappa is the oldest poem in Pashto poetic form. Among
Famous Pashto poets are:
 Khushal Khan Khattak (1613–1689)
 Rehman Baba (1633–1708) &
 Abdul Hameed Baba (1651–1732) .
 Ahmed Shah Abdali, founder of modern Afghanistan is one
of the leading Pashto poets.
 Peshawar is the biggest Pashto speaking city .
There are two major dialect patterns.
– Pakhto - Which is the Northern variety.
– The softer Pashto spoken in the Southern Areas.

16. Sindhi
• Main Points:
–History
–Poets
–Dialects of Sindhi.
By Ali Jibra

17. SINDHI
 A t ot al of 12% of t ot al popul at i on of
Paki st an speaks Si ndhi , m l y l ocat ed i n
ost
Si ndh.
 I t i s bel i eved t he Si ndhi w bor n even
as
bef or e Sanskr i t w ch i s gener al l y hel d t o
hi
be t he m anci ent I ndi an Language, peopl e
ost
l i vi ng of bot h si des of t he r i ver I ndus as
ear l y as B 2000 spoke Si ndhi .
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 Si ndhi i s t he f i r st l anguage i n sout h A a
si
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18. SINDHI
• Shah Abdu Latif Bhatai is admittedly the
greatest poet Sindhi had so far produced.
• Sachal Sarmast is another great Sindhi poet who
composed in almost the same age.
• The major dialects of Sindhi are:
–
–
–
–
–
–
Sireli
Vicholi
Lari
Thari
Lasi
Kachhi

19. Balochi
• Main Points:
–History
–Poets
–Dialects of Balochi.
By Awais Ria

20. BALOCHI
 The 10% of the population of Pakistan that speaks Balochi
are located in Baluchistan. Among these 10% also included
are the dialects of Pashto.
 It is believed that the language was brought to its present
location in a series of migrations from the Kurdistan region
of northeastern Iraq and northwestern Iran.
 Since Balochis did not know the art of writing and they had
no script, therefore it is difficult to trace the origin of
Balochi language.
 Linguistics believe that Balochi belongs to the family of
Aryan languages.

21. BALOCHI
Balochi being a very poetic and rich language
has a certain degree of affinity
to Persian and Urdu.
There are different dialects of Balochi
language. Namely:
– Rakhshani
– Kethran
Rakhshani further has four sub-dialects:




Sarhaddi
Makrani
Qalati
Chagai Kharani

22. Balti & Others
 The language spoken in the areas of Baltistan is called
Balti, an archaic dialect of Tibetan language.
 Gigliti and Shina is widely spoken in the area of GilgitBaltistan Province.
 There are also other languages spoken
Namely:
• Punyali
• Astori
• Gurezi
• Drasi
• Chilasi
• Brokpa
By Awais Ria

23. Conclusion
Except the main four languages there are
also more than 300 dialects of different
languages currently spoken in country
being distinctly different from each
other, as Pakistani society is largely
multilingual, multi-ethnic and
multicultural.

24. Bibliography
Bibliography
www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/sasia
en.wikipedia.org
Pakistan Studies for Intermediate Classes