Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Iran
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
désolé
  
Bye
bye
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
بلوچی
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Français
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
français
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic