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on request · Language · bal · Iranian, Northwestern

ܒܠܘܟ̰ܝ

بلۏچی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Sistan and Baluchestan, and across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf.

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bal · Arab · right to left · on request

Language · bal · Iranian, Northwestern · on request

ܒܠܘܟ̰ܝ

بلۏچی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Sistan and Baluchestan, and across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf.

See the courses

On the mapWhere spokenrecordedCourses1
ܗܫܐ
ܐܟܕܡܝܐ126 ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ، ܚܕ ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܦܬܝܚܐ ܠܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐܡܕܝܢܝܐ3 ܚܡܠ̈ܬܐ، 5 ܬܪܡܝ̈ܬܐܝܪܬܘܬܐ116 ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܐ، 40 ܪܘܫܡ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܠܘܓܝܐܚܒܪ̈ܐ88 ܡܒܘܥ̈ܐ ܡܩܒܠ̈ܐ، ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܓܕܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܪܪ̈ܐܣܘܟ̈ܐܓܘ ܒܢܝܢܐ. ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܚܕ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܡܩܒܠܐ
ScriptArabright to lefton request
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Record

bal
بلۏچیBalochi · Arab
Code
bal
Family
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
Sistan and Baluchestan, and across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf
Phase
on request
ܚܦܝܬܐ
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

1 in the catalogue
BalochiIDCDC-LNG-05 · Planned, outline not written yet
ܦܬܚ
Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.
ܐܟܕܡܝܐ

Writing

no scripts yet

Its own names

بلۏچیbalòci
right to left

ܐܠܦܒܝܬ̈ܐ

The script page for this variety is not built yet. It is written in the Arab script, right to left.

  • Balochi is written in an Arabic-based alphabet in Iran and Pakistan. Conventions differ between Iran, Pakistan and the Persian Gulf, and a Latin alphabet is also used. CLDR holds no letter set for Balochi yet.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.
All scripts

Resources

3 resources
Glottolog: Southern Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
ܡܫܪܪܐ
Glottolog: Western Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
ܡܫܪܪܐ
Glottolog: Eastern Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
ܡܫܪܪܐ
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Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Indo-European, then Classical Indo-European, then Indo-Iranian, then Iranian-Nuristani, then Iranian, then Central Iranian PBS, then Central Iranian PB, then Northwestern Iranian, then Balochic, then Southern-Western Balochi, then Southern Balochi-Koroshi
Codes
ISO 639-3 bcc, bgn, bgp · macrolanguage bal · Glottolog sout2642, west2368, east2304
Dialects
Southern Balochi: Coastal Balochi, Kechi (7 listed in all)
Dialects
Western Balochi: Lashari, Rakhshani, Sarawani (11 listed in all)
Dialects
Eastern Balochi: Bugti, Kasrani, Leghari, Marri, Mazari, Upper Sindhi Balochi (6 listed in all)
Standing
Southern Balochi: not endangered (5* (Developing)) ܬܪܝܢܝܐ
Standing
Western Balochi: not endangered (5* (Developing)) ܬܪܝܢܝܐ
Standing
Eastern Balochi: not endangered (5* (Developing)) ܬܪܝܢܝܐ
Sounds
24 consonants and 8 vowels, after Elfenbein 1997 · the inventory ܡܫܪܪܐ

b d d̠ʒ ɖ ɡ ɣ h j k l m n p ɽ ɾ s ʃ t t̠ʃ ʈ ʋ x z ʒ ä äː eː iː ɪ oː uː ʊ

Southern Balochi-Koroshi
ܡܫܪܪܐ
ܫܪܪ، ܐܘܣܦ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܝܢ ܡܘܕܥ
ܥܕܘܪ ܒܒܨܝܐ ܕܐܗܐ ܛܝܡܐ

ܡܐ ܟܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܢܛܘܪܐ ܟܩܪܐ ܠܡܥܝܪܢܘܬܘܟ ܘܟܒܨܐ ܠܡܒܘܥܐ. ܦܐܬܐ ܟܫܚܠܦܐ ܒܣ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܫܡܘܟ ܠܐ ܟܡܬܐܡܪ.

ܙܢ̈ܝܐ

ISO 639-3 treats Balochi as a macrolanguage (bal) with Southern, Western and Eastern Balochi. Balochi in Iran is mostly Southern and Western.

to verify · ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority.; Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages.

In law

The 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan (Article 16) makes Baluchi a third official language in areas where most people speak it.Constitute Project. Constitutions of the world, English translations.
ܡܫܪܪܐ

Speakers

ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ
ܟܝܠܐ
speakers
ܫܢܬܐ
ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܟܬܝܒܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ
ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܡܒܘܥܐ. ܟܡܚܘܚ ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ، ܠܐ ܣܘܟܠܐ.
ܡܨܒܐ
ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ
ܫܪܪ، ܐܘܣܦ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܝܢ ܡܘܕܥ
ܥܕܘܪ ܒܒܨܝܐ ܕܐܗܐ ܛܝܡܐ

ܡܐ ܟܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܢܛܘܪܐ ܟܩܪܐ ܠܡܥܝܪܢܘܬܘܟ ܘܟܒܨܐ ܠܡܒܘܥܐ. ܦܐܬܐ ܟܫܚܠܦܐ ܒܣ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܫܡܘܟ ܠܐ ܟܡܬܐܡܪ.

No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

ܝܠܦ

1 course
1
BalochiIDCDC-LNG-05 · Planned, outline not written yet
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  • ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܡܒܘܥܐ. ܟܡܚܘܚ ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ، ܠܐ ܣܘܟܠܐ.
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