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Punjabis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Punjab region between India and Pakistan. They are the largest ethnic group of Pakistan. Punjabi Muslims are the third-largest Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, globally, [12] after Arabs [13] and Bengalis.
[56] [57] The majority Pakistan's languages belong to the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European language family. [58] [59] Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for communication between different ethnic groups.
Pakistani ethnic group stubs (148 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Pakistan" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
v. t. e. The Punjabis (Punjabi: پنجابی (Shahmukhi); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi); romanised as Panjābī) [26][27] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group [28] associated with the Punjab region, comprising areas of northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. [29] They generally speak Standard Punjabi or various Punjabi dialects on both sides.
Culture of Pakistan. Truck art is a distinctive feature of Pakistani culture. The culture of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافتPākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [ 1 ]
Pashtuns in India are often referred to as Pathans (the Hindustani word for Pashtun) both by themselves and other ethnic groups of the subcontinent. [53][54][55][56] Some Indians claim descent from Pashtun soldiers who settled in India by marrying local women during the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent. [57]
The Siddi (pronounced [sɪdːiː]), also known as the Sheedi, Sidi, or Siddhi, are an ethnic minority group inhabiting Pakistan and India. They are primarily descended from the Bantu peoples of the Zanj coast in Southeast Africa, most of whom came to the Indian subcontinent through the Indian Ocean Slave Trade. [6]
Pakistanis (Urdu: پاكِستانى قوم, romanized: Pākistānī Qaum, lit. 'Pakistani Nation') are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. [28][29] As much as 90% of the ...