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Baloch

Белуджи

language area per Glottologcensus counts
31
Kazakhstan, census 2021 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Indo-European
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Kazakhstan: 31 people in the 2021 census.

Main language: Southern Balochi. Glottolog classifies it in the Indo-European family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Baloch» · [1]
31
Pakistan2023 · mother tongue · «BALOCHI» · [2]
3.38%

Languages and their lineage

Southern Balochi

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Iranian-Nuristaniiran1271
  5. Iranianiran1269
  6. Central Iranian PBScent2317
  7. Central Iranian PBcent2318
  8. Northwestern Iraniannort3177
  9. Balochicbalo1260
  10. Southern-Western Balochisout3242
  11. Southern Balochi-Koroshisout3414
  12. Southern Balochisout2642

Eastern Balochi

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Iranian-Nuristaniiran1271
  5. Iranianiran1269
  6. Central Iranian PBScent2317
  7. Central Iranian PBcent2318
  8. Northwestern Iraniannort3177
  9. Balochicbalo1260
  10. Eastern Balochieast2304

Western Balochi

  1. Indo-Europeanindo1319
  2. Classical Indo-Europeanclas1257
  3. Indo-Iranianindo1320
  4. Iranian-Nuristaniiran1271
  5. Iranianiran1269
  6. Central Iranian PBScent2317
  7. Central Iranian PBcent2318
  8. Northwestern Iraniannort3177
  9. Balochicbalo1260
  10. Southern-Western Balochisout3242
  11. Western Balochiwest2368

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

PakistanisRussiansMarathiGermansSpaniardsMexicansUkrainiansEnglishIrishAmericansItaliansRomaniansNepali (Khas-Arya)DutchBelarusiansTajiksCzechsScotsSerbsBulgariansSlovaksArmeniansCubansLithuanians

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Kazakhstan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 7th Population & Housing Census 2023 (infographic, national). https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/material/pakistan_census_data.p…
  3. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)