Balochi, Eastern | Ethnologue

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639: bgp
Alternate Names: Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci, Eastern Hill Balochi
Autonym: بلوچی‎ (Balochi)
Population: 2,930,000 in Pakistan (2017 census). Total users in all countries: 2,930,800.
Location:: Balochistan province: northeast; Punjab province: southwest; Sindh province: northwest.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Baluchi [bal].
Typology: SOV; both prepositions and postpositions; gender (masculine/feminine); no articles; case-marking (5 cases); ergativity; passives; tense and aspect; 23 consonant and 8 vowel phonemes; non-tonal.
Language Use: Also use Saraiki [skr].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Radio. Grammar. NT: 2013.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Balochi, Eastern
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], primary usage.
Other Comments: Balochi is the official spelling in Pakistan. A major language in Pakistan. Distinct from Western Balochi [bgn] and Southern Balochi [bcc]. A small body of literature. Muslim.

India

Location: Punjab state: Firozpur district.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting)
Other Comments: Non-indigenous. Distinct from Western Balochi [bgn] of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan; and Southern Balochi [bcc] of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, and United Arab Emirates. Muslim.

Location: Balochistan province: northeast; Punjab province: southwest; Sindh province: northwest.