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Does Pakistan have a similar number of dialect shifts within the nation? It's at least a far fewer number of languages right?
by needcaffeine 9y ago
Does Pakistan have a similar number of dialect shifts within the nation? It's at least a far fewer number of languages right?
- rurban 9y agoNope, about the same crazyness as in India. Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Sindhi, English, Saraiki, lasi, Kutchi, Thari, Balochi, Brahui, Hazaragi, Chitrali, Kohistani, Hindko, Kashmiri, Shina and Balti are the main languages and dialects spoken in Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial_languages_of_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial_languages_of_Pakist...
- amingilani 9y agoYeah, but the emphasis on Urdu as our national language means almost everyone everywhere is comfortable speaking Urdu!
- sreejithr 9y agoDoes everyone there in Pakistan accept and use Urdu as the de-factor language? Here in India, that's unfortunately not the case.
- DiabloD3 9y ago*defacto
- vhjvhjkjgh 9y agode facto
- amingilani 9y agoYes, actually. Everyone in the country accepts Urdu as a national language and atleast speaks it as a second language.
- amingilani 9y agoThe national language in Pakistan (Urdu) is incredibly similar to Hindi. It's just written with a different alphabet and has different words every now and then. Urdu is fairly standard across the country with slightly different accents.. The regional languages are different though. Some (like Punjabi) are spoken in India too, and then there's Pashto (also spoken in Afghanistan) but then there are Sindhi and Seraiki which can be similar and different to other languages. However, what excites me is the fact that Hindi is so similar to Urdu, the same tech could be repurposed for Urdu with much less work than a whole new language.