Language · ISO 639-3 bal
Baluchi Language Balòci
Baluchi is a language spoken by about 7.6 million people in 4 countries. It is written in the Perso-Arabic and Latin scripts.
Where Baluchi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Baluchi
Language family
No family classification is available.
Writing system
Perso-Arabic and Latin scripts
About the Baluchi language
Baluchi (Balòci) is spoken by about 7.6 million people.
Where is Baluchi spoken?
Baluchi is used in 4 countries. The largest communities live in Pakistan (6.6 million), Iran (1.8 million), United Arab Emirates (230,740) and Oman (191,197).
Share of the population that speaks Baluchi: Pakistan 2.6% (6.6 million), Iran 2% (1.8 million), United Arab Emirates 2.3% (230,740) and Oman 4.9% (191,197).
Baluchi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Baluchi is written in the Perso-Arabic and Latin scripts.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 bal.
Frequently asked questions about Baluchi
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.