Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
India
  
National Language
Iran
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
santal
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
19th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Balochi and Santali Speaking population
Balochi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Balochi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Santali Language Codes
Balochi and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.