Balochi language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Balochi |
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| بلوچی baločî Balóćí | ||||
| Native to | Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, UAE, Oman | |||
| Native speakers | 7.6 million (2007) | |||
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Indo-European
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| Official language in |  (Balochistan Province of Pakistan) (provincial) and  (Balochistan Province of Iran) |
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| Regulated by | Balochi Academy (Pakistan) | |||
| Linguasphere | 58-AAB-a > 58-AAB-aa (East Balochi) + 58-AAB-ab (West Balochi) + 58-AAB-ac (South Balochi) + 58-AAB-ad (Bashkardi) | |||
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Balochi (also called Baluchi, Baloci or Baluci) is a Northwestern Iranian language. It is the main language of the Baloch of Balochistan, Pakistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is also spoken as a second language by some Brahui. It is one of nine official languages of Pakistan.
Dialects
Balochi has several dialects. The Ethnologue lists three dialects: Balochi, Eastern, Balochi, Northern, Balochi, Southern and Balochi, Western while the Encyclopædia Iranica (from Elfenbein) lists six dialects: Rakhshani (subdialects: Kalati, Panjguri and Sarhaddi), Saravani, Lashari, Kechi, Coastal Dialects, and Eastern Hill Balochi.
Northern Balochi dialects are settled north of Iranian Balochistan and Golestān Province of Iran, north of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan and north Chagai District of Balochistan and north of Sindh in Pakistan. Northern Balochi dialects are similar to northern Rakhshani and southern Makkorani dialects.
Images for kids
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An example of old Balochi writing. Poem by Mullah Fazul died 1854 C. E.
See also
In Spanish: Idioma baluchi para niños
