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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Balochi language 8
Baluchi 1
Baluchi language 1

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 (33)

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

this entity surface form: Balochi language
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Pakhto → closelyRelatedTo → Balochi ⓘ
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
Baloch people → ethnonym → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baluchi
Lasi → hasInfluenceFrom → Balochi ⓘ
Dalbandin → hasLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Punjab, Pakistan
this entity surface form: Balochi language
this entity surface form: Balochi language
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Baloch people → language → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Chagai District → language → Balochi ⓘ
Loralai → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Nawabshah → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Quetta → languageSpoken → Balochi ⓘ
Chagai → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
subject surface form: Chagai District
Malir District → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Nasirabad → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Sibi → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Talpur dynasty → languageUsed → Balochi ⓘ
Gwadar → primaryLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baluchi language
Perso-Arabic script → usedFor → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language
Nastaʿlīq → usedForLanguage → Balochi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochi language