Editing Balochi language (section)

== Classification ==
Balochi is an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European language]], spoken by the [[Baloch people|Baloch]] and belonging to the [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] branch of the family. As an [[Iranian languages|Iranian language]], it is classified in the [[Western Iranian languages|Northwestern group]].

''[[Glottolog]]'' classifies four different varieties, namely [[Koroshi dialect|Koroshi]], Southern Balochi and Western Balochi (grouped under a "Southern-Western Balochi" branch), and Eastern Balochi, all under the "Balochic" group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glottolog 4.3 – Balochic|url=https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/balo1260|access-date=2021-05-13|website=glottolog.org}}</ref>

According to [[Carina Jahani]] research,<ref name=":The Baloch and Their Neighbours">{{cite book |last1=Carina،Korn |first1= Jahani،Korn|title=The Baloch and Their Neighbours |date=2003|publisher= Reichert|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3IMAQAAMAAJ|isbn=9783895003660}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Carin|first1= Jahani|title=A Grammar of Modern Standard Balochi |date=2019|publisher= Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crdpzQEACAAJ|isbn=9789151308203}}</ref> ISO 639-3 groups Southern, Eastern, and Western Baloch under the Balochi macrolanguage, keeping Koroshi separate.