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southern balochi language

The SouthernBalochiLanguage is a BalochiLanguage of Pakistan. SIL code: BCC. ISO 639-2: bal. Population: 2,765,000 in Pakistan (1998). Population total all countries: 3,400,000. Region: Southern Balochistan, southern Sind, Karachi. Also spoken in Iran, Oman, UAE. Alternate names: BALUCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI, MAKRANI. Dialects: COASTAL BALOCHI, KECHI, MAKRANI (LOTUNI). Comments: Distinct from Eastern Balochi and fairly distinct from Western Balochi. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Urdu script used. Sunni Muslim, and about 700,000 Zigri (Zikri) sect (semi-Muslim). Bible portions 1992-1994. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: BALOCHI, SOUTHERN.) Population: 405,000 in Iran. Alternate names: BALUCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI. Dialects: MAKRANI (LOTUNI). Comments: Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1992-1994. Also spoken in: Oman. (Language name: BALOCHI, SOUTHERN.) Population: 130,300 out of 312,000 ethnic population in Oman (1993). Alternate names: BALUCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI. Dialects: MAKRANI (LOTUNI, ZADGAALI), BARAHUWI, BASHGAADI, HUUTI. Comments: Ethnic Baloch who immigrated long ago are Omani citizens, but no longer speak Balochi. Speakers come from Pakistan. The majority are not Omani citizens. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1992-1994. Also spoken in: United Arab Emirates. (Language name: BALOCHI, SOUTHERN.) Population: 100,000 in UAE. Alternate names: BALUCHI, BALUCI, BALOCI. Dialects: MAKRANI (LOTUNI). Comments: Speakers come from Oman, Iran, and Pakistan. Unskilled laborers, police, military. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1992-1994.(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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