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

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87 core words in Balochi

Water

آپ

aːp

Fire

آس

aːs

Sun

روچ

roːtʃ

Moon

ماہ

maːh

Star

استار

estaːr

Night

شپ

ʃap

Rain

ہؤر

hawr

Snow

برف

barf

Wind

گوات

ɡwaːt

Earth

ہاک

haːk

Stone

سنگ

saŋɡ

Mountain

کوہ

koːh

Sea

زر

zir

Mother

ماس

maːs

Father

پت

pit

Daughter

جنک

dʒanikk

I

من

man

You

تؤ

taw

We

ما

maː

Name

نام

naːm

Person

مردم

mardum

Head

سر

sar

Eye

چم

tʃam

Ear

گوش

ɡoʃ

Nose

پونز

poːnz

Mouth

دپ

dap

Tooth

دنتان

dantaːn

Tongue

زوان

zawaːn

Hand

دست

dast

Foot

پاد

paːd

Heart

دل

dil

Bone

ہڈ

haɖ

Blood

ہون

hon

Poop

گوت

ɡutt

Love

مہر

mehr

Tree

درچک

daraːtʃk

Dog

کچک

kutʃək

Cat

پشی

piʃiː

Fish

ماهیگ

maːhiɡ

Bird

مرغ

murɡ

Butterfly

پاتۆ

paːtoː

Egg

ہئیک

hajk

Bear

مم

mamm

Horse

اسپ

asp

House

لۆگ

loːɡ

Milk

شیر

ʃiːr

Honey

شہد

ʃahad

Salt

واد

waːd

Wine

شراب

ʃaraːb

Rice

برنج

brindʒ

Chocolate

چاکلیٹ

tʃaːkleːʈ

Iron

آسن

aːsan

Wheel

پرگ

parraɡ

Silk

آبریشم

aːbreːʃum

Book

کتاب

kitaːb

Eat

وارگ

waːraɡ

Drink

نوشاگ

noʃaːɡ

Sleep

وپسگ

wapsaɡ

One

یک

jak

Two

دو

do

Three

سئ

saj

Four

چار

tʃaːr

Five

پنچ

pantʃ

Hundred

سد

sad

Hello

وش آتکی

waʃ aːtkaj

Thank you

مہربانی

mehrabaːniː

Good

شر

ʃər

New

نۆک

noːk

Red

سہر

sohr

White

اسپیت

ispeːt

Black

سیاہ

sjaːh

Green

شونز

ʃunz

Blue

سبز

sabz

Computer

کمپیوتر

kampjutar

Tea

چا

tʃaː

Coffee

کہوا

kahwaː

Sugar

شکر

ʃakar

Orange

موسمبی

musambiː

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Iranian (Northwestern)

Meaning BalochiClassical PersianMiddle PersianParthianDariHazaragiTajik
Water آپ /aːp/ آب /aːb/ 𐭠𐭯 /aːb/ āb /aːb/ آب /ɑːb/ آو /ɑːw/ об /ob/
Fire آس /aːs/ آتش /aːtaʃ/ 𐭠𐭲𐭱 /aːtaʃ/ ādar /aːdar/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ آتش /ɑːtaʃ/ оташ /otaʃ/
Sun روچ /roːtʃ/ خورشید /xʷarʃeːd/ 𐭧𐭥𐭫𐭱𐭩𐭲 /xwarʃeːd/ xwar /xwar/ خورشید /xoɾʃed/ آفتو /ɑːftow/ офтоб /oftob/
Moon ماہ /maːh/ ماه /maːh/ 𐭬𐭠𐭧 /maːh/ māh /maːh/ ماه /mɑːh/ مه /maː/ моҳ /moh/
Star استار /estaːr/ ستاره /sitaːra/ 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 /staːraɡ/ astārag /asˈtaːraɡ/ ستاره /setɑːˈɾa/ ستاره /sitɑra/ ситора /sitoˈra/
Night شپ /ʃap/ شب /ʃab/ 𐭱𐭯 /ʃab/ ʾxšp /xʃap/ شب /ʃaw/ شو /ʃaw/ шаб /ʃab/
Rain ہؤر /hawr/ باران /baːˈraːn/ 𐭥𐭠𐭫𐭠𐭭 /waːraːn/ wārān /waːraːn/ باران /bɑːˈɾɑːn/ باران /bɒɾɒn/ борон /boˈron/
Snow برف /barf/ برف /barf/ 𐭥𐭯𐭫 /wafr/ wafr /wafr/ برف /barf/ برف /barf/ барф /barf/
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