Editing Punjab, Pakistan (section)

=== Languages ===
{{see also|Languages of Pakistan|Punjabi dialects and languages}}
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|caption = Languages of Punjab, Pakistan<br /><small>(2023 Census)</small><ref>{{Cite web|title=TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf|access-date=2 April 2020 }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value1 = 67 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] |value2 = 20.64|color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 7.18 |color3 = green
|label4 = [[Pashto]] |value4 = 1.87 |color4 = yellow
|label5=[[Balochi language|Balochi]]|value5=0.83|color5=blue
|label6=[[Mewati language|Mewati]]|value6=0.81|color6=grey
|label7=[[Hindko]]|value7=0.6|color7=purple|value8=1.02|color8=white|label8=Others}}

The major native language spoken in the Punjab is [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], representing the largest language spoken in the country. The Punjabi language is spoken in the form of many [[Punjabi dialects and languages|dialects]] across the province including [[Majhi dialect|Majhi]], [[Saraiki language|Multani]], [[Pothwari]], [[Thali dialect|Thali]], [[Jhangvi dialect|Jhangvi]], [[Dhanni dialect|Dhanni]], [[Shahpuri dialect|Shahpuri]], [[Derawali dialect|Derawali]], [[Riasti]], [[Doabi dialect|Doabi]], [[Chachhi dialect|Chachhi]], [[Awankari dialect|Awankari]], [[Ghebi dialect|Ghebi]], and others. Many of these dialects are grouped together in the form of varieties such as [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] in the south consisting of southern dialects including Multani, Derawali and Riasti; and [[Hindko]] in the northwest consisting of a group of northwestern dialects.{{sfn|Shackle|1979|p=198}} Saraiki and Hindko varieties of the language have been separately enumerated from ''Punjabi (general)'' in [[Census in Pakistan|Pakistani censuses]] from 1981 and 2017, respectively.{{clear}}