Eastern Balochi (dialect)

Researchers believe that Eastern Balochi is not a unified dialect, but rather a conglomerate of dialects often referred to by the tribal names of the speakers as the Marrī, Bugṭī, Leghārī, Mazārī, Buzdar, etc. Sindh and Punjab. Eastern Hill Balochi dialects are spoken in the areas of the Marri, Bugti, Leghari, Buzdar and Mazari tribes. Mansel Longworth Dames, Portuguese language scholar was the first to study this dialect and called it Northern Balochi. The Baloch Talpurs ruled Sindh for a long time, which led to Baloch interaction with the inhabitants of Sindh, and over time, Eastern Balochi, particularly the one spoken in Sindh has been influenced by Sindhi to a minor extent, and the borrowed terms are of rare occurrence. It is spoken east of Quetta, Dera Ghazi Khan, Taunsa and from Sibi in the west nearly to the Indus river in the east. ==Phonology==

The sound system of Eastern Balochi is different from Southern and Western Balochi. In Eastern Balochi, the sounds /f/, /kh/, and /gh/ are pronounced as /p/, /k/, /g/. Eastern Balochi has its fricatives and acquired retroflex consonants, A fronting of ū > ī has taken place and n seems to have acquired phonemic status in Southern Balochi. Nasalization is phonemic in the eastern/Sulemani balochi In Eastern Balochi, it is noted that the stop and glide consonants may also occur as aspirated allophones in word initial position as [pʰ tʰ ʈʰ t͡ʃʰ kʰ] and [wʱ]. Allophones of stops in postvocalic position include for voiceless stops, [f θ x] and for voiced stops [β ð ɣ]. /n l/ are also dentalized as [n̪ l̪]. The complete set off, ʃ, β, x, ɣ, ǧ, it is present as regular phonemes in eastern balochi. Complex verbs and preposition + noun are treated as a unit as far as stress is concerned. ==Grammar==

The grammar of Eastern Balochi is similar to the grammar of other dialects of the Balochi language. The ending for the oblique plural of nouns is -ān, which is characteristic of Western Iranian languages. It uses the collective suffix -gal, which can function as a plural suffix. ==Vocabulary==