Indigenous Communities from Afghanistan

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Baloch
Indigenous Group	Baloch (Also known as: Baluch, Baluchi, Baluci, Balochi)
Location	Afghanistan, primarily in Nimroz province (in Zaranj area on the Iranian border and along Hilmand river). Also scattered in Hilmand, Farah, Herat, and Kandahar provinces and the city of Kabul. Small scattered communities also reported in the northern parts of Afghanistan (Faryab, Jawzjan, Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces).
Estimated Population	200,000 (1979, SIL International)
Environment	Desert / Arid / Valley
Lifestyle	Nomadic / Semi-nomadic / Sedentary (few)
Subsistence	Animal Husbandry
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language Family	Balochi, Western Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Balochi Alternate names: Baluchi, Baloci, Baluci Dialects: Rakhshani (Raxshani)
Website URLs	Ethnologue – Balochi, Western a language of Afghanistan Government of Balochistan in Exile Dossier on Balochistan Carnegie paper on Balochistan Minority Ethnic Groups of Afghanistan Baloch Voice Baloch Unity Peoples of Afghanistan (US State Dept.) Afghanistan country study (US Government) - Baluch Baloch2000, Origin of the Baloch Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 1 Afghanistan ethnolinguistic map 2
NGOs	Baloch Society of North America (BSO_NA)