Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Iran
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
bye
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Georgians
  
Origin
19th Century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic