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eastern balochi language

The EasternBalochiLanguage is a BalochiLanguage of Pakistan. SIL code: BGP. ISO 639-2: bal. Population: 1,800,000 in Pakistan (1998). Population total both countries: 1,805,000. Including second language users of all Balochi languages: 5,000,000 (1999 WA). Region: Northeastern Balochistan Province, northwestern Sind, southwestern Punjab. Alternate names: BALUCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI. Comments: One of the major languages in Pakistan. Distinct from Western Balochi and Southern Balochi. Balochi has a small body of literature. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Urdu script used. Radio programs. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1815-1906. Also spoken in: India. (Language name: BALOCHI, EASTERN.) Population: 5,000 in India (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin). Alternate names: BALOCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI. Comments: Distinct from Western Balochi of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Southern Balochi of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1815-1906.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)

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Instances	balochi language	Of the 53 NorthwesternIranianLanguages, five of these are classified as a BalochiLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	content bearing physical	Any Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
	entity	The universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
	human language	The subclass of Languages used by Humans.
	indo european language	There are 433 languages categorized as an IndoEuropeanLanguage, forming a major family of the world's languages and including many of the most familiar languages of Europe and South Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	indo iranian language	An IndoIranianLanguage is any of 296 closely related IndoEuropeanLanguages spoken in south Asia and nearby regions.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	iranian language	Of the 296 IndoIranianLanguages, 84 of these are classified as an IranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	language	A system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
	language family	A LanguageFamily is group of SpokenHumanLanguages related through descent from a common ancestral language. (reference from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_family)
	linguistic expression	This is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
	natural language	The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.
	northwestern iranian language	Of the 69 WesternIranianLanguages, 53 of these are classified as a NorthwesternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
	physical	An entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
	western iranian language	Of the 84 IranianLanguages, 69 of these are classified as a WesternIranianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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