What is Persian language in Pakistan?
'''[[Persian language|Persian]]''' has been the [[official language]] of [[Pakistan]] until modern times. The modern region of Pakistan has been part of many [[Iran|Iranian]] empires and was ruled by the Turco-Mongol Mughal dynasty which adopted the [[Persian language|Persian]] language as part of its elite strata. Many varieties of Persian including [[Dari]] had been the language of communication between the different [[Ethnic Groups of Pakistan|ethnicities]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-speak-farsi | title=What Countries Speak Farsi? 2023 }}</ref> In Pakistan, Persian has now become a minority language and had been replaced by [[Urdu]] by the [[British Empire|British]]. Islamabad and Tehran maintain an active archival library in F-8. The library is named after a local poet and Pir Shah Ghareeb Nawaz and is the largest archive of Persian literature this side of the Indus. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Languages of Pakistan]] {{asia-stub}}