Correction

Correction: Urdu in Pakistan, India, and the Diaspora Reference

Corrected by Selen Ikbal Uslu · Content Quality Analyst and English Language Specialist

Selen Ikbal Uslu found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.

Role
Correction
Publisher
Evolang
Status
Accepted
Date
19 July 2026

The exact change

Before

Ethnic Pakistani populations speak Punjabi (about 44 percent), Pashto (about 15 percent), Sindhi (about 14 percent), Saraiki (about 11 percent), and Balochi (about 3 percent) as first languages.

After

Ethnic Pakistani populations speak Punjabi (about 39 percent), Pashto (about 18 percent), Sindhi (about 15 percent), Saraiki (about 12 percent), and Balochi (about 3 percent) as first languages.

Why this is better

Article cites Pakistan's 2017 census language percentages incorrectly. Verified via web search against actual 2017 Pakistan Bureau of Statistics census data: Punjabi is 38.78% (not 'about 44 percent')

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