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