Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Salam
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
tschao
  
bye
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
amharique
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
13th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Balochi language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Balochi Difficulty
The Amharic vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.