Indo-European family
Balochi
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Balochi (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → Proto-Iranian → Balochi.
See Balochi on the interactive map- Speakers
- 8M (8,000,000)
- ISO 639-3
- bal
Northwestern Iranian spoken in Balochistan (Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan) despite its southeastern location; shows affinities with Parthian.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
- Proto-Iranianc. 1,800 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Balochic. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 16
Also descended from Proto-Iranian.