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Balochi and Chinese


Chinese and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Iran  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
26  
16
23  
13

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
bye  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
10
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
بلوچی  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Not Available  

French Name
baloutchi  
chinois  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Han  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
chi  

ISO 639 3
bal  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
balo1260  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Balochi and Chinese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Balochi and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Balochi and Chinese Speaking population

Balochi and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Balochi vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Chinese Language Codes

Balochi and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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