Promoting Balochi Language.

The world celebrates International Mother Language Day, which was first observed by UNESCO on 21 February 2000. Since then, in each of the following years, this day has been celebrated with devotion by millions of people around the globe. It allows people to become familiar with several other languages in the world and provides a window into each other's cultures.

On the occasion of promoting Balochi language on this International Mother Language Day, I would like to let people know that Balochi language, also known as Baluchi language, has its roots or background basically from Iran. Specifically, Balochi language is primarily spoken in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. According to Ethnologue, there are more than 8.8 million Balochi native speakers, among which around 6.28 million are living in Pakistan.

When it comes to writing, the Balochi alphabet is standardized by Balochi Academy Sarbaz. The Balochi alphabet consists of 32 letters. However, the contribution of Baloch in promoting their mother language has stood far behind, since neither it is specifically spoken or taught wholeheartedly at any admirable educational platform nor its native speakers contribute to speaking pure Balochi. Sometimes it feels like a day is going to arrive in which people will be totally unknown to the real space of their own language.

Today, there is no...

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