Balochi, also rendered as Baluchi, is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken by the Baloch people in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There are also speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa, and in diaspora communities elsewhere.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2017-2020 estimate, native speakers; the infobox gives this as the inclusive code bal figure, which also covers Eastern, Western and Southern Balochi individual codes. Connections
Written In
Balochi is most commonly written in a Perso-Arabic-based script.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Balochi Language
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Balochi, also rendered as Baluchi, is a Northwestern Iranian language, spoken by the Baloch people in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa, and in diaspora communities of other parts of the world. The total number of speakers, according to Ethnologue, is 8.8 million.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
bal
Infobox, Speakers
8.8 million (2017-2020)
Infobox, Region
Balochistan
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