Balochi Language Acquisitions

Introduction

Language:

A system of communication used by a particular country or community.

Language is the only media by which one can express his ideas and feelings. It plays a vital role in building the character of an individual as well as a nation. Languages bring people closer to each other and creates a sense of harmony among them.

The balochi speaking areas extend outside the boarders of Pakistan into Iran and Afghanistan. Not only balochi speaking people are called balochi but the people who speak brahvi and siraiki speaking tribes such as jamalis are also called balochi.

Balochi language:

The arid region of Baluchistan, situated at the eastern end of the Iranian plateau, is split almost evenly between Pakistan’s Baluchistan province

Other than that when government of Pakistan wanted to merge some of pakhtoon districts into Baluchistan state union in 1954, some of the tribal heads did not agreed upon this decision. In return they made a memorandum in which they said : ‘’pashto speaking areas be separated from Baluchistan’’.later government took decision to merge these areas into Baluchistan states union on june 16. It was done intensionally to weaken the Baluchistan nationalist struggle , cannot be ascertained . however it was certainly one of its results. The pakhtun factor remained one of the annoyance in the way of promoting balochi nationalism, in the province. Wrore Pakhtoon of abdus samad achakzai was the strong political organ of the pakhtun in Baluchistan which was formed in 1954. Achakzai , like the baluch nationalists also mentioned that they wanted a Pashto speaking province which would include some of areas of Baluchistan . This did not come about and pakhtoons, who were now led by Achakzai have started equal demand share in power, in terms of jobs and identity. But the Baluch nationalist always opposed these demands. As a result this has led to conflict and hostility This background of baluchi-pashtun political conflict explains why Pashto seems as an identity maker by the pakhtun minorities of Baluchistan. the Pashto academy , was first