| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 36,000[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| mainly Merv, but also Ashgabat, Baýramaly, Sarahs[2] | |
| Languages | |
| Balochi, Turkmen |
Beluch (Balochi: تورکمنستانءِ بلۏچ) or the Baloch of Turkmenistan are a small part of the greater Baloch people who live primarily in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Turkmenistan has a population of 36,000 to 37,000 Baloch people who are permanent inhabitants.[3]
They immigrated into the Merv and the Murghab River inland delta from the areas west and north of Herat, Afghanistan, Chakhansur district in the province of Nimruz and Iran in the mid 19th century.[4][5] More followed in the early 20th century and before closure of the Russian/Soviet borders under Stalin in 1925.
- ^ Long, Roger D.; Singh, Gurharpal; Samad, Yunas; Talbot, Ian (2015-10-08). State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security. Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-317-44820-4.
- ^ Kokaislová, Pavla; Kokaisl, Petr (2012). "Ethnic Identity of the Baloch People".
- ^ Long, Roger D.; Singh, Gurharpal; Samad, Yunas; Talbot, Ian (2015-10-08). State and Nation-Building in Pakistan: Beyond Islam and Security. Routledge. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-317-44820-4.
- ^ BARJASTEH DELFOROOZ, BEHROOZ (2010). "Discourse Features in Balochi of Sistan". Uppsala University: 17-18.
- ^ Axenov, Serge. Balochi Language of Turkmenistan: A Corpus-based Grammatical Description (Studia Iranica Upsaliensia). ISBN 9155467660.
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