What is Balochi language?
{{Infobox language | name = Balochi | nativename = {{lang|bal|بلۏچی}} {{Clear}} {{transliteration|bal|Balòci}} | image = Balòci.png | imagescale = | imagecaption = ''Balòci'' (Balochi) written [[#Writing system|Balo-Rabi]] in [[Nastaliq]] style. | states = [[Pakistan]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]] | region = [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] | ethnicity = [[Baloch people|Baloch]] | speakers = {{sigfig|8.784850|2}} million | date = 2017{{ndash}}2020 | ref = <ref>{{e26}}</ref> | familycolor = Indo-European | fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] | fam3 = [[Iranian languages|Iranian]] | fam4 = [[Western Iranian languages|Western Iranian]] | fam5 = [[Northwestern Iranian languages|Northwestern]] | nation = {{PAK}} *{{flag|Balochistan}} {{efn|Official provincial status}} | minority = | agency = [[Balochi Academy]], Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan <br>[[Balochi Academy Sarbaz]], Sarbaz, Iran | iso2 = bal | iso3 = bal | lc1 = bgp | ld1 = Eastern Balochi | lc2 = bgn | ld2 = Western Balochi | lc3 = bcc | ld3 = Southern Balochi | lingua = 58-AAB-a > 58-AAB-aa (East Balochi) + 58-AAB-ab (West Balochi) + 58-AAB-ac (South Balochi) + 58-AAB-ad (Bashkardi) | glotto = balo1260 | glottorefname = Balochic | map = Idioma baluchi.png | mapcaption = Approximate geographic distribution of Balochi | notice = IPA | script = [[Balochi Standard Alphabet]] }} '''Balochi''' (also called Baluchi, Baloci or Baluci) is a Northwestern [[Iranic languages|Iranic]] [[language]]. It is the main language of the [[Baloch people|Baloch]] people of [[Balochistan (region)|Balochistan]] region, [[Pakistan]], eastern [[Iran]] and southern [[Afghanistan]]. It is also spoken as a second language by some [[Br