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Languages of Pakistan

The Linguasphere Register records 11 entries for Pakistan, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

11Register entries
3Sectors present
7Zones
2Language entries

4= EURASIA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 7= SINO-INDIAN

Register entries recorded in Pakistan

CodeEntryLevelNote
44=CENTRAL-EURASIAZoneCovers the "Turkic + Manchurian" or "Altaic" reference area and hypothesis, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with …
46=SOUTH-EURASIAZone
49=DRAVIDICZoneCovers the "Dravidian" grouping.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
58=IRANICZoneCovers the "Iranian" or Farsi + Pashto set, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European …
59-AAF-eapanjābi-FInner"standard" panjabi, "formal" panjabi.
59-AAF-edilāyalpuriVarietyFaisalabad…Layalpur
59-AAF-fasindhi-FInner"standard" sindhi, "formal" sindhi. Lari model.
59=INDICZoneCovers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the …
70=TIBETICZoneCovers the "Tibetan" or Phöke + Kinnauri set, part of the "Tibeto-Burman" affinity within the "Sino-Tibetan …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.