Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Salam
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
آسف
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
وداعا
  
bye
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
Not Available
  
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
arabe
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
512 CE
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available