Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Iran
  
China, Mongolia
  
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
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
bye
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
mongol
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available