1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Salam
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
chone tao?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Mihrabani kan
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
بلوچی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
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
58-AAB-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology