Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
India
  
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 in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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