Balochi leid
Appearance
Balochi | |
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بلۏچی balòci Balóćí | |
![]() Balochi in Balo-Standard script (Nastaʿlīq style) | |
Native tae | Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, UAE, Oman |
Ethnicity | predominantly Baloch, some Brahui |
Native speakers | 7.6 million (2007)[1] |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | ![]() Province o Pakistan (provincial); ![]() Province o Iran (provincial) |
Regulatit bi | Balochi Academy (Pakistan) |
Leid codes | |
ISO 639-2 | bal |
ISO 639-3 | bal – inclusive codeIndividual codes: bgp – Eastren Balochibgn – Wastren Balochibcc – Soothren Balochi |
Linguasphere | 58-AAB-a > 58-AAB-aa |
File:Iranian-languages-map.jpg Geographic distribution o Balochi an the ither Iranian leids | |
Balochi is a Northwastern Iranian leid.[2] It is the principal leid o the Baloch o Balochistan. It is an aa spoken as a seicont leid bi some Brahui. It is designatit as ane o nine offeecial leids o Pakistan.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ "Eastern Iranian languages". Archived 2009-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia Iranica. "Baluchi, a North-Western Iranian language, is spoken chiefly in Pakistan, in the south-eastern corner of the Iranophone area."