بلوچی

Balochi

Iranian (Northwestern)

FamilyIranian (Northwestern) Speakers~10M ScriptArabic-derived (Nastaliq) CountriesPakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Oman Official inBalochistan province (Pakistan) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3bal

Balochi is a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by ~7M across western/eastern/southern dialect divisions in Pakistan (Balochistan), Iran (Sistan), Afghanistan, and the Gulf states. Preserves archaic Old Iranian phonemes lost in Persian and features distinctive retroflex consonants /ʈ ɖ ɽ/ borrowed from contact with Indo-Aryan. The 16th-c. Mir Chakar Khan epics form a foundational oral-literary canon. Written in modified Perso-Arabic (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) and increasingly Latin (diaspora). Recognized regional language in Pakistan; not officially used in Iran.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Balochi

Water

آپ

/aːp/

Fire

آس

/aːs/

Sun

روچ

/roːtʃ/

Moon

ماہ

/maːh/

Star

استار

/estaːr/

Mother

ماس

/maːs/

Father

پت

/pit/

I

من

/man/

You

تؤ

/taw/

Name

نام

/naːm/

Eye

چم

/tʃam/

Hand

دست

/dast/

Heart

دل

/dɪl/

Love

مہر

/mehr/

Tree

درچک

/daraːtʃk/

House

لۆگ

/loːɡ/

Dog

کچک

/kutʃək/

Cat

پشی

/piʃiː/

Eat

وارگ

/waːraɡ/

Drink

نوشاگ

/noʃaːɡ/

One

یک

/jak/

Two

دو

/do/

Hello

وش آتکی

/waʃ ɑːtkaj/

Thank you

مہربانی

/mehrabaːniː/

Good

شر

/ʃər/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Iranian (Northwestern) languages

Meaning BalochiPersian (Classical)Middle Persian (Pahlavi)DariParthianHazaragiPersian
Water آپ /aːp/ آب /aːb/ 𐭠𐭯 /aːb/ آب /ɑːb/ āb /aːb/ آو /ɑːw/ آب /ɒːb/
Fire آس /aːs/ آتش /aːtaʃ/ 𐭠𐭲𐭱 /aːtaʃ/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ ādar /aːdar/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ آتش /ɒːtæʃ/
Sun روچ /roːtʃ/ خورشید /xʷarʃeːd/ 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 /xwarʃeːd/ خورشید /xoɾʃed/ xwar /xwar/ آفتو /ɑːftow/ خورشید /xorʃiːd/
Moon ماہ /maːh/ ماه /maːh/ 𐭬𐭠𐭧 /maːh/ ماه /mɑːh/ māh /maːh/ مه /maː/ ماه /mɒːh/
Star استار /estaːr/ ستاره /sitaːra/ 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 /staːrag/ ستاره /setaːˈɾa/ astārag /asˈtaːraɡ/ ستاره /sitɑra/ ستاره /setɒːˈɾe/
Mother ماس /maːs/ مادر /maːdar/ 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭫 /maːdar/ مادر /mɑːdaɾ/ mād /maːd/ آبه /ɑːba/ مادر /mɒːdær/
Father پت /pit/ پدر /pidar/ 𐭯𐭩𐭲𐭫 /pidar/ پدر /padaɾ/ pid /pid/ آته /ɑːta/ پدر /pedær/
I من /man/ من /man/ 𐭠𐭭 /an/ من /man/ az /az/ مه /ma/ من /man/
Page 1/4

Part of LangMap — a linguistic visualization project. This is a static, crawlable summary; the interactive maps offer pronunciation audio, filters, and a globe view.