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	Balochi language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Balochi, a north-western Iranian language, is the principal language of Balochistan.
		The eastern Balochi dialect is spoken from Karachi northwards up to Dera Ismail Khan and to the Suleman Mountains, including the Marri Bugti areas.
		The western Balochi dialect is spoken between Karachi (Pakistan) and Kerman (Iran), among the Baloch of Turkmenistan, the Sultanate of Oman, the Khorasan province of Iran and Sistan (Iran-Afghanistan).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balochi_language (717 words)

	.::. Balochistan Online - balochistan national community network ™ - baloch culture .::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Linguistically Balochi belongs to the western group of the Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages, and is closely related to Kurdish and Persian.
		Eastern Balochi dialects are spoken in border areas to Indian languages in Punjab, Sind, and the north eastern parts of Pakistani Balochistan, and are heavily influenced by Indian languages, e.g.
		Western Balochi is spoken in the northern Balochi speaking area in Iran and Pakistan (except in the north east), in Afghanistan and in Turkmenistan.
	www.balochmedia.com /Culture/BalochiLanguage.asp (2134 words)

	Sarbaaz.Com :': Baloch Music History and Facts - Balochistan Music History and Facts :': ((Where Baloch Click?)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Balochi tribe is one of the oldest Iranian tribes whose music is influenced by Indian melodies because of being close to India.
		Although the Balochi tribesmen are strictly religious and fanatic, the musicians are treated as confidantes and intimates and they are permitted to play in private parties where women are also present.
		Moreover, the Balochi tribesmen believe that evil souls and evil wishers await in ambuscade to attack and harm the mother and the newborn by talisman and by magic spells.
	www.diwaan.sarbaaz.com /balochi_music_history.htm (1569 words)

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		Balochi speakers live mainly in an area now composed of parts of southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan that was once the historic region of Balochistan.
		Balochi is a Western Iranian language that is closely related to Kurdish.
		Despite the vast area over which it is spoken, its six dialects (Rakhshani, Sarawani, Kechi, Lotuni, the Eastern Hill dialects, and the coastal dialects) are all believed to be mutually intelligible.
	www.sabawoon.com /afghanpedia/Language.Balochi.shtm (132 words)

	Iranica.com - ITALY
		Aksyonov, "Balochi Orthography in Turkmenistan," in Jahani, 2000, pp.
		Idem, "Balochi from Khotan," Studia Iranica 14, 1985a, pp.
		Idem, "Balochi Miscellanea," Acta Orientalia, 20, 1946-48, pp.
	www.iranica.com /articles/supp4/Italy_xvii.html (1829 words)

	Balochi language -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Balochi, a north-western (The modern Persian language spoken in Iran) Iranian language, is the principal (A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) language of (Click link for more info and facts about Balochistan) Balochistan.
		Balochi has a different historical background and has no affinity with any (Click link for more info and facts about Indian language) Indian language.
		The Balochi language originated in a lost language, related to those of the (A native or inhabitant of Parthia) Parthian and (The value below which 50% of the cases fall) Median civilizations.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/balochi_language.htm (710 words)

	Baloch Freedom Movement: Challenges to Baloch Resistance
		Resistance from the Balochi side to such efforts by the federal government efforts were initially limited to the nationalist fringe that came out with the traditional interpretation that even if it brought development to Balochistan, the development would ultimately favour the Punjabis.
		But the Balochi resistance was submerged in the Islamist fervour that surfaced in the wake of post-9/11 war on terror in the neighborhood.
		But still there is a suspicion in Pakistan, according to Pakistani sources, that the army is deliberately provoking the Balochis, fully aware of their sense of disaffection, to prepare the case for the ouster of the MMA government in the province.
	freebaloch.blogspot.com /2004/12/challenges-to-baloch-resistance.html (1491 words)

	Balochi Language & Literature
		Of course it is to be said that Balochi poetry and poems existed long before that era in Baloch societies, for the reason that composing of poems surfaced and furthered with evolution of the language.
		The current Balochi poetry is aware of Baloch people’s demands and aspirations, so it is full of patriotic sentiments and reflective of their desire for development and prosperity of Balochistan.
		Balochi poetry is also longing for respect on humanity, unity, and peace and equality for the whole world.
	www.zrombesh.org /Balochilanguage.htm (2148 words)

	Balochi language
		Balochi is spoken in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, India, the Arab Gulf States, Turkmenistan and East Africa.
		The areas where Eastern Balochi dialects are spoken (the north-eastern areas of Pakistani Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh) are in many ways less cdeveloped, espeically when it comes to education, than other parts of Balochistan, which accounts for why it is little used in the written form.
		There is a Balochi Studies section at the Balochistan University in Quetta which teaches and researches the Balochi language and literature.
	www4.tpg.com.au /users/goshti/language.htm (1719 words)

	Baloch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, the exact number of Baloch and those who are or claim to be of Baloch ancestry is difficult to ascertain.
		It is possible that there are more Baloch than simply those who claim Balochi as their mother tongue.
		The Brahui, having lived in close proximity to the Baloch have absorbed substantial linguistic and genetic admixture from the Baloch and in many cases are indistinguishable, while still regarded as a separate group due to their language as opposed to any cultural differences which are largely absent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baloch (610 words)

	Language
		Apart from Balochi the principal language of Balochistan there are several minor languages which are spoken at the ethnic borders of united or Greater Balochistan.
		The eastern Balochi dialect is spoken from Karachi north words upto Dera Ismail Khan and to the Suleman Mountains, including the Marri Bugti areas.
		The western Balochi dialect is spoken between Karachi (Pakistan) and Kirman (Iran), among the Baloch of U.S.S.R and Turkmenistan, the Sultanate of Oman, the Khorasan province of Iran and Seistan (Iran-Afghanistan).
	members.fortunecity.com /balochistan/baloch/id15.html (617 words)

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		The frequent visits of Chinese security experts to the province and the recent high-profile joint Sino-Pak counter-terrorism exercise held in Xinjiang were meant to restore the confidence of the Chinese experts and to strengthen the co-operation between the counter-terrorism agencies of the two countries.
		Their first priority is quelling the re-emerging Balochi independence movement before it assumes alarming proportions similar to those of the 1970s.
		The first is the older generation, consisting of the grown-up members of the younger generation of the 1970s, which had spearheaded the post-1971 freedom struggle, which was brutally crushed by the late Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto with the help of the Army and the Air Force.
	www.saag.org /papers11/paper1087.html (1037 words)

	Jamali: ever the yes-man of Pakistan's rulers
		His main qualification for holding this office was that he belonged to a Balochi tribe that had fiercely opposed Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress during the independence struggle and supported Jinnah's two-nation theory and demand for the creation of Pakistan.
		Amongst the few Balochi tribes that did oppose Mahatma Gandhi and support Jinnah were the Jamalis, whose then sardar, Mir Jafar Khan Jamali, was embroiled in a land dispute involving his purchase of 150,000 acres of land for Rs 40,000 from the khan of Kalat.
		Though her sympathies were with the Balochi nationalists, who had always stood by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress in the past, Indira Gandhi could not assist them for operational and political reasons.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/may/12raman.htm (2096 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Talks to end Balochistan violence
		He and another veteran Balochi nationalist leader, Sardar Khair Bakhsh Marri, are often described as the mentors of younger Balochi activists allegedly involved in armed attacks on official buildings and the security forces.
		The Balochi leader on the other hand said he told the official delegation that he was not concerned with the Sui crisis, but wants Islamabad to take serious notice of real demands of the Balochi people for greater rights.
		In the meantime, unidentified Balochi armed men have continued to disrupt normal life in the province - the latest being a blast on a railway track near the town of Sibbi, and a low intensity explosion in a government building in Quetta on Monday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4206323.stm (502 words)

	Encyclopedia: Balochi language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reproduction of a Parthian warrior as depicted on Trajans Column The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 190 BCE and 224 CE.
		The Zand dynasty ruled southern and central Iran in the eighteenth century.
		Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies The Bactrian language is an extinct language which was spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria, also called Tocharistan, in northern Afghanistan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Balochi-language (1571 words)

	Resources for the Study of Balochi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		May represent Balochi of Pakistan, concentrating on core vocabulary that is probably common to most written dialects found in Pakistan.
		Dialects to which each texts belong are indicated.Vocabulary items are those considered useful in a textbook for British civil servants; they represent the Balochi spoken in the area now in Pakistan in the early twentieth century.
		Entries are illustrated with full sentences in Balochi and include cross-references to sections in Gilbertson’s 1923 grammar, The Balochi Language.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /salrc/afghanistan/materials/Balochi.htm (1078 words)

	Sarbaaz.Com :': Nooral - Nural :': ((Where Baloch Click?)) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the early '80s, however, he was drawn back to Balochi music by the members of a social organization, Baloch Kumak-kar, with whom he also began to do social work.
		But, he says, "time brings changes into every thing and Balochi music is no exception." Nooral also point out that the modern Baloch poet has almost abandoned traditional forms of Balochi poetry and is mostly writing Gazals, a genre borrowed from Persian literature, albeit with a new diction and modern metaphors.
		In fact, it has become such an integral part of Balochi music that someone unfamiliar with its background could not be blamed for thinking it is an authentic Balochi instrument.
	www.sarbaaz.com /nooral.htm (2384 words)

	BBC NEWS \| South Asia \| Balochi anger over garrison plan
		Suspected Balochi nationalist militants greeted confirmation of the army's intention to build a new garrison on their territory with a series of small bombings.
		Only then, tribal leaders say, can both sides discuss the Balochi nationalists' demands for more autonomy, a greater share of the wealth from the province's rich mineral reserves and more investment in development and employment.
		They remember the brutal quashing of Balochi nationalists pressing the same demands in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4213399.stm (402 words)

	Radio Balochi FM - www.radiobalochi.org
		Radio Balochi FM 88MHZ 101,1MHZ which plays Balochi music from all times and all parts of Balochistan.
		Radio Balochi FM does not belong to any political party or organization.
		Balochi FM is an N.G.O (Non-Governmental Organization) which is run by Anjomane
	www.radiobalochi.org (277 words)

	Ethnologue: Pakistan
		Distinct from Western Balochi of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan; and Southern Balochi of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, United Arab Emirates.
		Distinct from Eastern Balochi and fairly distinct from Western Balochi.
		Balochi is a literary language with a small body of literature.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Pakn.html (4028 words)

	A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language
		A sketch of the northern Balochi language, containing a grammar, vocabulary and specimens of the language.
		The "Errata" included with A sketch of the northern Balochi language have been applied to the data when this text was converted into a database.
		A sketch of the northern Balochi language Perso-Arabic script and roman with diacritics.
	dsal.uchicago.edu /dictionaries/dames-sketch (148 words)

	IRAQ'S SHADOW ON BALOCHISTAN
		The CIA, in tandem with the Iraqi intelligence, encouraged the Iranian Balochis who, like their Pakistani counterparts, are largely Sunnis, to rise in revolt against the Islamic regime in Teheran.
		Amongst the Balochi tribals of Pakistan, who helped the CIA and the Iraqi intelligence in fomenting the revolt on the Iranian side of the border were the Jamalis, the Mazaris, the Bugtis and others.
		For the same reasons, Balochistan has become an important operational area for the dregs of Al Qaeda and the IIF in their attempts to hurt US economic interests in Pakistan in retaliation for the US war against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and its campaign against the Saddam Hussein regime.
	www.saag.org /papers6/paper590.html (1147 words)

	QUETTA: Pashto, Balochi teaching demanded -DAWN - Local; 24 February, 2004
		They claimed that the basic reason for ignoring the importance of Balochi and Pashto languages was that the national education policy was framed and controlled directly from Islamabad which was least interested in these languages.
		They alleged that the rulers in Pakistan has wasted billions of rupees in the unproductive expenditures and allocated minimum funds in the education sector and within that minimum allocations there is no amount to be spent for the promotion of regional languages.
		The PMAP, ANP, NP, BSO, PkSF, and PSO representatives have asked the government to make Pashto and Balochi languages as the medium of instruction in schools to impart education to children in their mother tongues.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/24/local46.htm (361 words)

	Editorial
		Balochi Labzank is a Balochi Language monthly magazine that is meant to attract the educated and upper income readers.
		Through the publication of Balochi Labzank, we intend to familiarize our people and children with our own culture and literary traditions in Balochi.
		In this vein, Balochi Labzank would strive to presenting literary works of Balochi writers, poets, historians, philosophers, and biographers.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/labzank/jul2002/editorial.html (227 words)

	[Cyberclub] Script for Balochi language discussed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Script for Balochi language discussed The Dawn, By Our Staff Correspondent, 29/10/2002 http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/29/nat18.htm QUETTA, Oct 28: A renowned scholar and eminent historian Dr N.A. Baloch has suggested that Arabic script could be used as a medium for Balochi language.
		He said this notion was not based on facts that Balochi language had acquired most of the letters from Arabic.
		Mohammad Beg Baigul, a prominent Balochi humour writer and linguist, in his speech said the Balochi Academy should constitute a permanent committee consisting of experts to deal with the matter of medium.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/cyberclub/2002-October/002906.html (382 words)

	Forums - Armed Balochi Nationalism Poses a Grave Challenge to Pakistan Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I have lived in balochistan 10 yeras of my life and i know the problem of balochis very well....which is created by themselves....
		My baluch friend if its not been for Pakistan, baluchistan today would be as progressed as todays afghanistan is........and ur tribal leaders (who have fed ur generations with baluchi nationalism) would have made sure that this be the case....
		And please stop with this mantra of Feudals and Sardara, the army operation is being conducted in the SW Balochistan where the Sardari system doesn't exist.
	www.satribune.com /thread.jsp?forum=3&thread=1978&start=30&msRange=15 (2872 words)

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