1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Farsi Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Nee-wa-rowt bash
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Bayanit bash
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ez te hez dikem
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Northern Kurdish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Central Kurdish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.005,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Southern Kurdish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Eastern Iraq
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million28.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million21.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
بلوچی
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Kurds
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
16th century CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available