Balochi, Southern

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A language of Pakistan

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Alternate Names
Baloci, Baluchi, Baluci, Makrani
Autonym
Balóchi, بلوچی‎ (Balochi)
User Population

2,450,000 in Pakistan (2017 census). Total users in all countries: 3,555,700.

Location

South Balochistan and Sindh provinces, Karachi.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi
Dialects

Coastal Balochi, Kechi (Keci), Makrani (Lotuni). Distinct from Eastern Balochi [bgp] and fairly distinct from Western Balochi [bgn]. A member of macrolanguage Baluchi [bal].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Curriculum is developed for a pre-primary 2-year multilingual education program that bridges children from Balochi to Urdu [urd] or Sindhi [snd], and English [eng] (2021 S. Zubair). Taught as subject in some primary and secondary schools. Taught as subject in some tertiary schools. Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1999.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Balochi, Southern
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], primary usage. Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Balochi is the official spelling in Pakistan. Muslim.

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