ISO 639-3 · balbal
Indo-European family · macrolanguage
Balochi
بلوچی
Balochi is a macrolanguage of the Northwestern Iranian branch (Indo-European), spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Wikidata counts 7.6 m first-language speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “Northwestern Iranian language spoken in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bal- Glottocode
balo1260- Family
- Indo-European
- Wikipedia
- 95 language editions
7.6 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
4scripts
5levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Balochi · بلوچی |
|---|---|
| Also called | Baluchi language, Baluchi, Balochi language |
| L1 speakers | 7,600,000 (2007) |
| All speakers | 82,767 (2022) |
| Written in | Balochi Standard Orthography, Old Balochi Orthography, Balochi Roman Orthography, Balochi Cyrillic Alphabet |
| Official in | Afghanistan |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Balochi yet.
family tree
From Indo-European to Balochi
The branches above Balochi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Afghanistan
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