Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Iran
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
bye
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
بلوچی
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Malayali
  
Origin
19th Century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
mala1464
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic