claim: Baloch people speak a branch of Northwestern Iranian languages.
evidence: The Baloch or Baluch -LRB- Balochi  : -RRB- are a people who live mainly in the Balochistan region of the southeastern-most edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan , Iran , and Afghanistan , as well as in the Arabian Peninsula .. Balochi. Balochi language. people. people. Balochistan region. Balochistan. Iranian plateau. Iranian plateau. Pakistan. Pakistan. Iran. Iran. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Arabian Peninsula. Arabian Peninsula. Balochistan. Balochistan, Pakistan. They mainly speak the Balochi language , a branch of Northwestern Iranian languages , and are an Iranic people .. Balochi. Balochi language. people. people. Balochi language. Balochi language. Northwestern Iranian languages. Western Iranian languages. Iranic people. Iranian peoples. About 50 % of the total Baloch population live in Balochistan , a western province of Pakistan ; 40 % of Baloch are settled in Sindh ; and a significant number of Baloch people in Punjab of Pakistan .. people. people. Pakistan. Pakistan. Balochistan. Balochistan, Pakistan. Sindh. Sindh. Punjab. Punjab, Pakistan. They make up nearly 3.6 % of the Pakistani population , about 2 % of Iran 's population -LRB- 1.5 million -RRB- and about 2 % of Afghanistan 's population .. Iran. Iran. Afghanistan. Afghanistan. Pakistani. Pakistani people. Baloch people co-inhabit desert and mountainous regions with Pashtuns , Baloch people practice Islam , are predominantly Sunni , and use Urdu as a lingua-franca to communicate with other ethnic groups , such as Pashtuns and Sindhis , similar to the rest of Pakistan .. Urdu. Urdu language. people. people. Pakistan. Pakistan. Prominent Baloch people in Pakistan include former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and former President Asif Ali Zardari who is an ethnic Baloch from Sindh .. people. people. Pakistan. Pakistan. Sindh. Sindh. Zafarullah Khan Jamali. Zafarullah Khan Jamali. Asif Ali Zardari. Asif Ali Zardari. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry born in Quetta , is the longest-serving Chief Justice of Pakistan is another prominent Baloch personality .. Pakistan. Pakistan. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The son of Benazir Bhutto , Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is the Chief of the Baloch Zardari tribe .. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Farooq Leghari was the first ever ethnic Baloch to be elected President , he was the tribal chief of the Leghari tribe .. Farooq Leghari. Farooq Leghari