Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Iran
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
bye
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Lettish
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
letton
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Balochi and Latvian Speaking population
Balochi and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is Not Available. 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 Latvian on Balochi vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Latvian Language Codes
Balochi and Latvian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Latvian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.