Mother Tongue

The mother tongue refers to the language used for communication between parents and their children in the household.

The predominant mother tongue of the population of the district is Saraiki, which is spoken by 72.47 percent of the total population. The percentage of the population who speaks Pashto is 22.02 percent. The percentage of the population speaking Urdu, Balochi and Sindi is 4.28 percent. In urban areas the percentage of Saraiki speaking people falls to 60.46 percent as compared to 74.55 percent in rural areas. In contrast the percentage of people speaking Pashto in urban area is lower i.e. 15.70 percent as compared to rural area at 23.12 percent.