Balochi

E14427
Iranian language Northwest Iranian language natural language

Balochi is an Iranian language spoken primarily by the Baloch people across Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, with several dialects and a rich oral literary tradition.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Balochi canonical 55
Balochi language 12
Baluchi language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iranian language ⓘ
Northwest Iranian language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Gilaki ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Zazaki ⓘ
dialect Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Balochi

Koroshi ⓘ
Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Balochi

Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Balochi
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European

Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Iranian
glottocode balo1260 ⓘ
hasFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
gender distinctions in pronouns and nouns in some dialects ⓘ
rich case system in some dialects ⓘ
split-ergative alignment ⓘ
hasOralTradition epic poetry ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
rich ballad tradition ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Sindhi ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
ISO639-1 none ⓘ
ISO639-2 bal ⓘ
ISO639-3 bal ⓘ
linguisticBranch Northwestern Iranian languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Iranian
primaryRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
region Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan

Persian Gulf states ⓘ
surface form: Gulf states

Oman ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
scriptUsage Arabic script is dominant in Pakistan and Iran ⓘ
Latin script is used in some academic and diaspora contexts ⓘ
spokenBy Baloch people ⓘ
statusInAfghanistan minority language ⓘ
statusInIran minority language ⓘ
statusInPakistan regional language ⓘ
usedIn Baloch cultural identity expression ⓘ
local media in Balochistan ⓘ
radio broadcasting in Pakistan and Iran ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan → recognizedRegionalLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Balochi → dialect → Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Balochi
Balochi → dialect → Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Balochi
Balochi → dialect → Balochi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Balochi
Iranian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Indo-Iranian languages → includesLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Talpur dynasty → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Baloch people → ethnonym → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baluchi
Baloch people → language → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Chagai → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Chagai District
Nasirabad → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Quetta → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Kurdish language → closelyRelatedTo → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Brahui people → historicalLanguageContact → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Brahui people → bilingualismCommonWith → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Sibi → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Loralai → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baluchi language
Northwestern Iranian languages → hasMajorSubgroup → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Pakhto → closelyRelatedTo → Balochi ⓘ
Pakistani diaspora → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Chagai District → language → Balochi ⓘ
Malir District → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Dalbandin → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Nawabshah → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Gwadar → primaryLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Provinces of Pakistan → haveDeFactoMajorLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Lahnda → hasNeighboringLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Sachal Sarmast → languageOfWork → Balochi ⓘ
Lasi → hasInfluenceFrom → Balochi ⓘ
southern Punjab, Pakistan → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Iranian studies → studiesLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Sassi Punnun → languageTradition → Balochi ⓘ
Kumzari language → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Balochi ⓘ
Proto-Iranian language → ancestorOf → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Makran coast → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Balochmayar → languageContext → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Kuchlak → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Fort Sandeman → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Taftan → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Sistan and Baluchestan Province → hasSpokenLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Brahui → contactLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Brahui → hasLoanwordsFrom → Balochi ⓘ
western Pakistan → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Pakistan
Fruit Garden of Pakistan → languageSignificant → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Quetta
Afghanistan (regionally, via Baluchistan) → recognizedLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghanistan
southern Pakistan → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Pakistan
Thatta District → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ