<page_title> Ethnic groups in Karachi </page_title> <table> <cell> Urdu <col_header> Language </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48.52% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Urdu </row_header> </cell> <cell> Punjabi <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> </cell> <cell> 13.94% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Punjabi </row_header> </cell> <cell> Pashto <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> <col_header> Punjabi </col_header> </cell> <cell> 11.42% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Pashto </row_header> </cell> <cell> Sindhi <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> <col_header> Punjabi </col_header> <col_header> Pashto </col_header> </cell> <cell> 7.22% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Sindhi </row_header> </cell> <cell> Balochi <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> <col_header> Punjabi </col_header> <col_header> Pashto </col_header> <col_header> Sindhi </col_header> </cell> <cell> 4.34% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Balochi </row_header> </cell> <cell> Saraiki <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> <col_header> Punjabi </col_header> <col_header> Pashto </col_header> <col_header> Sindhi </col_header> <col_header> Balochi </col_header> </cell> <cell> 2.12% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Saraiki </row_header> </cell> <cell> Others <col_header> Language </col_header> <col_header> Urdu </col_header> <col_header> Punjabi </col_header> <col_header> Pashto </col_header> <col_header> Sindhi </col_header> <col_header> Balochi </col_header> <col_header> Saraiki </col_header> </cell> <cell> 12.44% <col_header> 1998 census </col_header> <row_header> Others </row_header> </cell> </table>
According to the 1998 census, the linguistic distribution of Karachi consists, 48.52% of Urdu, 13.94% of Punjabi, 11.42% of Pashto, 7.22% of Sindhi, 4.34% of Balochi, 2.11% of Saraiki and others 12.44%.