Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
4
11
3
12
National Language
Iran
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
34
16
32
14
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
6
3
How Many Consonants
26
16
23
13
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
6
5
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Salam
سلام
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
متشکرم
How Are You?
chone tao?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
jawáin shap
شب بخیر
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Not Available
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
صبح به خیر
Please
Mihrabani kan
لطفا
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
متاسف
Bye
bye
خدا حافظ
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
ببخشيد!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
17
47,000,000.00
7
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
20
12,500,000.00
7
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
10
7,900,000.00
6
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
12
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
99+
65.00 million
26
Speaking Population
0.11 %
99+
0.99 %
20
Native Speakers
7.60 million
99+
65.00 million
17
Native Name
بلوچی
فارسی
Alternative Names
Baluchi
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
baloutchi
persan
German Name
Belutschisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Persian people
History
Origin
19th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Persian
Language Position
Not Available
23
19
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
fa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
fas
ISO 639 2/B
bal
per
ISO 639 3
bal
pes
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
fars1254
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
58-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
