1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Salam
3.2 Thank You
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
Rank: 20 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
Rank: 62 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.11 %
Rank: 53 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million
Rank: 55 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
بلوچی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
baloutchi
5.3.5 German Name
Belutschisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Balochi
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
bal
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
bal
7.3 ISO 639 3
bal
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
balo1260
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available