Pakistan is land of many languages, with estimates on just how many ranging from 70 to 90. While Urdu is Pakistan's national language and lingua franca, only 7.08% of Pakistanis speak it natively. The other 93% of Pakistanis have a different mother tongue, with Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi, and Saraiki all having more native speakers than Urdu.
In the 2017 Pakistan Census, each participant was asked to state their mother tongue, being given ten choices: Balochi, Brahui, Hindko, Kashmiri, Pashto, Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Urdu, or other.
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