Balochi
Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan
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Summary
Balochi is a natural language[1]. Balochi draws 2,356 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #113 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Ethnic group: Baloch[3]
- Country: Pakistan[4], Iran[5], Afghanistan[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7], macrolanguage[8]
- Subclass of: Northwestern Iranian[9]
- Writing system: Balochi Standard Orthography[10], Old Balochi Orthography[11], Balochi Roman Orthography[12], Balochi Cyrillic Alphabet[13]
- Commons category: Balochi language[14]
- Wikimedia language code: bal[15]
- Has part(s): Eastern Balochi[16], Southern Balochi[17], Western Balochi[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Balochi language[19]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 7,600,000[20], 4,800,000[21], 82,767[22]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia Americana[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24]
- Has characteristic: macrolanguage[25]
- Native label: بلوچی[26], بلۆچی[27], بَلوچِي[28], بلۏچی[29], Balóchí[30], Балочи[31]
- Indigenous to: Balochistan[32]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/BAL[33]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Balochi-language films[34]
Why It Matters
Balochi has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Balochi is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]