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بەلووچی

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

بەلووچی

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
ئیسە
ئەکادیمیا126 خول، هێمان هیچکام پەی ناونویسی ئاوەڵا نیەنشارستانی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕۆژ پەی یاوەرکەردەی، 40 تۆمارێ مێژووییهەواڵەکێ88 سەرچاوەی پەسەندکریاگ، هێمان بۆنەی پشتڕاستکریاگ نیەنلقەکێپێک مەیۆ. هێمان هیچکام ناسیاگ نیەن
ScriptArabright to lefton request

Record

bal
بلۏچیBalochi · Arab
Code
bal
Family
Iranian, Northwestern
Where
Sistan and Baluchestan, and across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf
Phase
on request
ڕێژە
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
ئاوەڵا کەرە
Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.

Writing

no scripts yet

Its own names

بلۏچیbalòci
right to left

نووسین

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.

Resources

3 resources
Glottolog: Southern Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
پشتڕاستکریاگ
Glottolog: Western Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
پشتڕاستکریاگ
Glottolog: Eastern Balochireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
پشتڕاستکریاگ
Each resource shows whether its link was checked. A resource without a checked link is labelled to verify.

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)) دووەم
Standing
Western Balochi: not endangered (5* (Developing)) دووەم
Standing
Eastern Balochi: not endangered (5* (Developing)) دووەم
Sounds
24 consonants and 8 vowels, after Elfenbein 1997 · the inventory پشتڕاستکریاگ

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
پشتڕاستکریاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

جۆرەکێ

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.
پشتڕاستکریاگ

Speakers

نەزانیاگ
پێوەر
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەکریان
سەرچاوە
هێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
دۆخ
نەزانیاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

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.

مسە

1 course
1
BalochiIDCDC-LNG-05 · Planned, outline not written yet
A course opens after its outline is reviewed. Until then it is listed with its state.

Key

labels and checks
  • verifiedA figure or claim read at its primary source by a steward or checkers from at least two communities.
  • secondaryA figure or claim cited through a reviewed work rather than read at its primary source.
  • to verifyA figure or claim whose source has not yet been read; it stays in the verification queue.
  • نەزانیاگهێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
A steward checks the source before anything changes. You are not named.
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