Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Languages

  • Pashto – dominant language
  • English – official and used in tourism
  • 2 main dialects – Pakhto and Pashto
  • Pakhto – Bajaur, Swat, and Buner – by the Yousufzai, Bangash, Orakzai, Afridi, and Momand tribes
  • Pashto – Khattaks, Wazirs, Marwats, and other tribes – in the south of the province
  • Hindko – a Punjabi dialect – Hazara Division + central old city areas of Nowshera, Kohat, and Peshawar
  • Saraiki – a Punjabi dialect – in majority in the southern Districts of DI Khan and Tank
  • Khowar – language – in the north – district Chitral
  • Punjabi – language – minorities major cities and all cantonment areas
  • Kohistani – Kohistan district + north half of Swat district and Gojri + northern half of the province (by a minority)
  • Dari/Hazaragi/Farsi/Tajik – Persian language varities – by Afghan refugees
  • Other languages – Kashmiri + Shina + Romani + Burushaski + Wakhi + Balti + Balochi + Brahui + Sindhi

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