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Balochi and Konkani


Konkani 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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian   
Marathi   

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
26   
16
36   
26

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Namaskar   

Thank You
mana bebahgsh   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
chone tao?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
jawáin shap   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
jawáin begáh   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Mihrabani kan   
Chike   

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh   
Maf kor   

Bye
bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Goa   

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

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Not present   

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
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
بلوچی   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Baluchi   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
baloutchi   
konkani   

German Name
Belutschisch   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
kok   

ISO 639 3
bal   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
goan1235   

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

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Balochi and Konkani Speaking population

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

Balochi and Konkani Language Codes

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

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