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

20 core words in Balochi

Water

آپ

/aːp/

Fire

آس

/aːs/

Sun

روچ

/roːtʃ/

Moon

ماہ

/maːh/

Mother

ماس

/maːs/

Father

پت

/pit/

Eat

وارگ

/waːraɡ/

Drink

نوشاگ

/noʃaːɡ/

Love

مہر

/mehr/

Heart

دل

/dɪl/

Tree

درچک

/daraːtʃk/

House

لۆگ

/loːɡ/

Dog

کچک

/kut͡ʃək/

Cat

پشی

/piʃiː/

Hand

دست

/dast/

Eye

چم

/tʃam/

Hello

وش آتکی

/waʃ ɑːtkaj/

Thank you

مہربانی

/mehrabaːniː/

One

یک

/jak/

Good

شر

/ʃər/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Iranian (Northwestern) languages

Meaning BalochiPersian (Classical)Middle Persian (Pahlavi)HazaragiParthianDariSogdian
Water آپ /aːp/ آب /aːb/ 𐭠𐭯 /aːb/ آو /ɑːw/ āb /aːb/ آب /ɑːb/ ʾāp /aːp/
Fire آس /aːs/ آتش /aːtaʃ/ 𐭠𐭲𐭱 /aːtaʃ/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ ādar /aːdar/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ ʾātar /aːtar/
Sun روچ /roːtʃ/ خورشید /xʷarʃeːd/ 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 /xwarʃeːd/ آفتو /ɑːftow/ xwar /xwar/ خورشید /xoɾʃed/ xwr /xwar/
Moon ماہ /maːh/ ماه /maːh/ 𐭬𐭠𐭧 /maːh/ مه /maː/ māh /maːh/ ماه /mɑːh/ mʾx /maːx/
Mother ماس /maːs/ مادر /maːdar/ 𐭬𐭠𐭲𐭫 /maːdar/ آبه /ɑːba/ mād /maːd/ مادر /mɑːdaɾ/ mʾtr /maːtar/
Father پت /pit/ پدر /pidar/ 𐭯𐭩𐭲𐭫 /pidar/ آته /ɑːta/ pid /pid/ پدر /padaɾ/ ptr /pitar/
Eat وارگ /waːraɡ/ خوردن /xʷurdan/ 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭲𐭭 /xwardan/ خوردو /xoɾdoː/ xward- /xward/ خوردن /xoɾdan/ xwartan /xwartan/
Drink نوشاگ /noʃaːɡ/ آشامیدن /aːʃaːmiːdan/ 𐭭𐭥𐭱𐭩𐭲𐭭 /noːʃiːdan/ نوشیدو /noʃidoː/ pī- /piː/ نوشیدن /noʃidan/ pi- /pi/
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