1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Kimaravi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million12.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
baloutchi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Belutschisch
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available