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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Southern Baloch of United Arab Emirates

The Southern Baloch of United Arab Emirates, numbering approximately 458,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Baloch, a nomadic, pastoral, Western Iranic ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia They are an Diaspora people, with Baloch as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Baloch people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Balochi, Southern.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Baloch, Southern

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: United Arab Emirates
People Cluster: Baloch
Primary Language(s): Balochi, Southern (bcc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 458,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012255
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Balochi, Southern
Language Family: Indo-European

70%
%
Balochi, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Balochi, Southern:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Balochi, Southern:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Arabic Script - WBT Edition (Partial NT)✓✓✓
Arabic Script - WBT Edition (Partial NT)✓✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Balochi, Southern bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Baloch are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Southern Baloch:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Southern Baloch of United Arab Emirates

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!"
readMark 7:9

Pray that as men, women, boys, and girls place their faith in Christ, they will let go of any traditions that do not honor Him.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
readIsaiah 51:11

Pray that, as God sends people to cross cultures and share the good news of Jesus, many will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith and start a personal relationship with Him that will bring them everlasting joy.

Baloch Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109469) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Southern BalochPG006401Southern BalochPakistan4,570,000Engaged yet UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG011893Southern BalochOman673,000Engaged yet UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG012255Southern BalochUnited Arab Emirates458,000Engaged yet UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG011899Southern BalochQatar56,500Unengaged and UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG050104Southern BalochBahrain51,500Engaged yet UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG011913Southern BalochSaudi Arabia13,500Unengaged and UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam
Southern BalochPG047185Southern BalochUnited States325Unengaged and UnreachedBalochi, SouthernSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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