A sketch of the northern Balochi language
Title | A sketch of the northern Balochi language PDF eBook |
Author | Mansel Longworth Dames |
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Pages | 184 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | Baluchi language |
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A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language
Title | A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language PDF eBook |
Author | Mansel Longworth Dames |
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Release | 1881 |
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A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language
Title | A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language PDF eBook |
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Release | 2013 |
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A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language, Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language, by M. Longworth Dames,...
Title | A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language, Containing a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language, by M. Longworth Dames,... PDF eBook |
Author | M. Longworth Dames |
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Pages | 172 |
Release | 1881 |
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A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Cont. a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language
Title | A Sketch of the Northern Balochi Language Cont. a Grammar, Vocabulary and Specimens of the Language PDF eBook |
Author | M. Longworth Dames |
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Release | 1881 |
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The Balochi Language
Title | The Balochi Language PDF eBook |
Author | George Waters Gilbertson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Baluchi language |
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Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore
Title | Two Essays on Baloch History and Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | Sabir Badal Khan |
Publisher | Università di Napoli, "l'Orientale" |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Balochistān (Pakistan) |
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During the early 19th century the British came in direct contact with the Baloch, first with those living in the Punjab and Sind, and later with those in Balochistan proper. Soon after their arrival in the region, they began studying the Baloch as an ethno-national group, their language, literature, folklore, tribal structure, physical features, and so on, forming theories and suggesting hypotheses regarding their origins and relations with other nations and peoples. While some maintained that the Baloch originated from north-western Iran, others believed they came from Central Asia, from Arabia, or from else- where.1 Among the early British writers, some also opined that while some tribes might have a foreign origin, bulk of the Baloch were the autochthonous population of the country. With the passage of time, however, other theories were abandoned and a northwest Iranian origin came to be the widely accepted one. This thesis was established on three basic grounds: first, from the Balochi oral tradition which claims that the Baloch came from a place called Alab/Alap, identified as Aleppo in Syria by Western writers and later followed by some lo- cal writers too; secondly, their mention in the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi where they are sometimes shown along with the people of Gilan and Dilam, regions situated on the Caspian Sea regions; and thirdly, on the basis of their language, which is classified as belonging to the northwestern group of Iranian languages having close affinities with Kurdish and other languages of that branch.