Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
South Africa
Iran
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Dankie
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
chone tao?
Good Night
goeie nag
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Goeienaand
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
Good Morning
goeie more
jawáin sawáh
Please
asseblief
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
jammer
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Baluchi
French Name
afrikaans
baloutchi
German Name
Afrikaans
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Balochi
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
balo1260
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
Afrikaans and Balochi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Balochi language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Balochi Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Balochi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.