Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Iran
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Selam
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
bye
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
amharique
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Amharas
  
Origin
19th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Balochi and Amharic Speaking population
Balochi and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Balochi and Amharic on Balochi vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Amharic Language Codes
Balochi and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.