Balochi

Also known as Baluchi language, Baluchi, Balochi language

Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan

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Balochi is a language spoken by millions of people across Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, primarily in the Balochistan region. It matters because it is an important part of the cultural identity of the Baloch people and represents a distinct linguistic tradition within the Iranian language family.

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native label: Балочи
Commons category: Balochi language
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAL
P10369: Cetacea
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 82767
Wikimedia language code: bal

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A speaker of Eastern Balochi

Balochi (بلوچی, romanized: Balóči) 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 in other parts of the world. The total number of speakers, according to Ethnologue: Languages of the World, is 8.8 million. Of these, 6.28 million are in Pakistan.