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Balochi and Gujarati


Gujarati and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Iran   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
31   
21

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
mana bebahgsh   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
chone tao?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
jawáin shap   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
jawáin begáh   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Mihrabani kan   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
bye   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
بلوچی   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Baluchi   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
baloutchi   
goudjrati   

German Name
Belutschisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
19th Century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
guj   

ISO 639 3
bal   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Balochi and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Balochi and Gujarati Speaking population

Balochi and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Balochi vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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