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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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