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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Balochi

SOURCE

United Nations Information Centre, Pakistan

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Balochi
Language Profile

TOTAL SPEAKERS

1,735,000

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Home Speakers: Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Oman, United Arab Emirates

BACKGROUND

It belongs to the Indo-European family, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subgroup, and is spoken by 5 million people, considering speakers of all Balochi varieties in all countries. Arabic script is used. It is one of the major languages in Pakistan.