Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Iran
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
hallo
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
bitte
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
bye
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
allemand
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Germans
  
Origin
19th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic