Balochi dialects
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| Balochi Dialects بلوچی baločî |
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| Spoken in: | — | |||
| Region: | — | |||
| Total speakers: | 5.5 million (1998, Ethnologue) not include Northern Balochi | |||
| Language family: | Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Northwestern Iranian Balochi Dialects |
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| Official language in: | Balochistan | |||
| Regulated by: | no official regulation | |||
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |||
| ISO 639-2: | bal | |||
| ISO 639-3: | variously: bal – Baluchi (generic) bgp – Eastern Balochi bgn – Western Balochi bcc – Southern Balochi |
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The Balochi language is divided in several dialects: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi, Northern Balochi and Southern Balochi. Each of these dialects are divided in sub-dialects. For example Rakhshani and its subdialects: Kalati, Panjguri and Sarhaddi), Saravani, Lashari, Kechi, Coastal Dialects, and Eastern Hill Balochi.
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[edit] Dialects
[edit] Northern Balochi
Northern Balochi dialects are settled north of Iranian Balochistan and Golestān Province of Iran, north of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan and north Chagai District of Balochistan and north of Sind in Pakistan. Northern Balochi dialects are similar to northern Rakhshani and southern Makkorani dialects.
[edit] Southern Balochi
Southern Balochi in Iran are living in Southern of Sistan o Baluchestan. In Pakistan Southern Balochi are settled in Southern Balochistan, Southern Sind and Karachi. In Oman most are settled in Mutrah but some settle along Omani coastline and they can be found all over UAE.
[edit] Western Balochi
Western Balochi in Iran are living in Northwest and Southeast of Sistan o Baluchestan and very few of Western Balochi people can speak Persian. In Pakistan Western Balochi are settled in northwest of Balochistan. In Afghanistan they are settled along Helmand River and Zaranj area, in the southwest desert region and Mari region in Turkmenistan.
[edit] Eastern Balochi
Eastern Balochi are settle in northwestern Balochistan, southwestern Punjab and northwestern Sind in Pakistan.
[edit] Comparison
Balochi Dialects by population, region, religion, and languages estimated by the government of Pakistan in 1998.[1]
| Group | Region(s) | Religion(s) | Languages | Population |
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| Northern Baloch | Pakistan Iran Afghanistan | Sunni | Northern Balochi | Unknown |
| Southern Baloch | Pakistan Iran Oman UAE | Islam (predominantly) majority Sunni and minority Zikri | Southern Balochi | 4 Million |
| Western Baloch | Pakistan Iran Afghanistan Turkmenistan | Islam (predominantly) majority Sunni and minority Shia | Western Balochi | 2.8 Million |
| Eastern Baloch | Pakistan | Sunni | Eastern Balochi | 6 Million |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/pop_by_province/pop_by_province.html
- http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bgn
- http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ba/Balochi_language#Western_Balochi
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