Languages
As per the 1998 census of Pakistan, the following are the demographics of the Rawalpindi district, by spoken language:
- Punjabi language: 90%
- Other: 10%
Inhabitants of Rawalpindi District speak a great variety of Punjabi dialects:
- Pothohari (Tehsils of Gujar khan,Potohar Town & Kallar syedan)
- Majhi or Standard (Tehsil Rawal town and in cities)
- Pahari (Tehsil Muree, Kotli sattian and people of AJK living in the district)
- Chhachi (A variety of hindko spoken in Tehsil Taxila)
- Ghebi (South western border areas to Attock district)
- Dhani (Southern borders near district Chakwal)
- Shah puri (People of Sargodha division living in the district)
Other languages are:
- Urdu is mother tongue of few people but being national language is spoken and understood by sizeable population.
- English is understood and spoken by the sizeable educated elite.
- Pashto: Some migrants speak Pushto as well‎.
- Minority languages spoken in Rawalpindi city are languages of different parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan by refugees (Kashmiri, Shina, Balti, Khower, Burshiski, Gujri, Hindko, Ladakhi, Hazargi, Tajik, Sindhi, Saraiki, Baluchi, Brahwi).
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