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
  
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 in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.