Google.com.pk

[Elite Pakhtun]

So I'm on vacation in Pakistan until early Jan. I just noticed google.com.pk has Pashto, Urdu, and sindhi language options.



I thought it was interesting that it didn't have Punjabi, or Balochi in it. I wonder why. Perhaps Afghanistan making pashto lingua franca gets credit here? But then why is sindhi there?

[Elite Pakhtun]

For some reason it won't load Google Afghanistan. What language options do you guys get there?

[Admin Khan]

Google.af defaults to Pashto.

[زده کوونکی]

This isn't new.

The status of both Pashto in Pakistan and Uzbek in Afghanistan are improving.

When you buy a new sim card and want to register it on almost any network in Pakistan, they have 3 options - Urdu, English or Pashto.

And Pashto movies (yes they are terrible but still Pashto) are shown on Emirates flights.

[Elite Pakhtun]

This isn't new.

The status of both Pashto in Pakistan and Uzbek in Afghanistan are improving.

When you buy a new sim card and want to register it on almost any network in Pakistan, they have 3 options - Urdu, English or Pashto.

And Pashto movies (yes they are terrible but still Pashto) are shown on Emirates flights.

Nooo.. where did you hear this? I got jazz and had no options on languages. Defaults to English. It even sends messages in Urdu using Roman script when I reload etc.

[Elite Pakhtun]

Google.af defaults to Pashto.

Does it give any language change options?

In Canada it defaults to English, but you can change it to francais. Pak also English can change to those 3 languages.

[زده کوونکی]

Nooo.. where did you hear this? I got jazz and had no options on languages. Defaults to English. It even sends messages in Urdu using Roman script when I reload etc.

Acha? I have Zong and they gave the options although once you choose it does just go back to English or Urdu but they do have Pashto speaking staff that can help you in case you really need it - once I acted like I only spoke Pashto and they had no choice lol

Yeah they do send messages in Roman script Urdu most of the time but sometimes also in Urdu script.

[Elite Pakhtun]

Acha? I have Zong and they gave the options although once you choose it does just go back to English or Urdu but they do have Pashto speaking staff that can help you in case you really need it - once I acted like I only spoke Pashto and they had no choice lol

Yeah they do send messages in Roman script Urdu most of the time but sometimes also in Urdu script.

They gave the options where? On the sign up form?

[زده کوونکی]

They gave the options where? On the sign up form?

No when you call their helpline it goes something like :

For information in English press 1
Urdu mein malumat ke liye 2 press karein
Pakhto ke malumat da para 3 press ukay


It's been a while so forgot exactly but I'm sure it was very close to the above.

[Elite Pakhtun]

No when you call their helpline it goes something like :

For information in English press 1
Urdu mein malumat ke liye 2 press karein
Pakhto ke malumat da para 3 press ukay


It's been a while so forgot exactly but I'm sure it was very close to the above.

Oh that's pretty cool.

[زده کوونکی]

Oh that's pretty cool.

Yeah I thought all the providers would be the same

[زده کوونکی]

BTW few Punjabis would even bother using Punjabi even if it was available - there are some Wikipedia articles but I guess they just don't value their language that much. Its hella annoying that they usurped Urdu and claim it as their own.

Balochi - nobody gives a f*ck about them except the Baloch themselves.

As for Sindhis, they are a proud people but the more educated and vocal ones are the Indian Hindu Sindhis and they generally tend to use the Devanagri alphabet. Sindhis do have linguisitic influence in Pakistan, escpecially Sindh. Even in Karachi almost everyone who went to school had to learn some Sindhi.

[Elite Pakhtun]

Yeah I thought all the providers would be the same

Never called customer service so I don't know. I thought you said when signing up you filled a form/put info in a screen and it asked you for your preferred language over there.

[زده کوونکی]

Baloch don't even number that many and there's like one 24/7 Balochi channel in Karachi which can't even be bothered to spell properly

Afghan Baloch are not vocal enough

Iranian Baloch don't do enough

The Baloch of Karachi have their own problems

Baloch of Turkmenistan are also an oppressed minority

Arabic and Bantuized Baloch of the Gulf and East Africa are too distant and barely retain their language identity.

Check Omani Balochi songs, they can't even pronounce them properly and don't make sense because they don' know what they're saying. Just like the Caribbean Hindi songs - they're too removed from their homeland to understanf them.

[زده کوونکی]

Never called customer service so I don't know. I thought you said when signing up you filled a form/put info in a screen and it asked you for your preferred language over there.

No I meant to activate a new sim sorry