Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Iran
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
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.
  
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
bye
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
بلوچی
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
népalais
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
19th Century
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Nepali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Balochi and Nepali Speaking population
Balochi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Balochi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Nepali Language Codes
Balochi and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.