Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Iran
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
bye
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
بلوچی
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
serbe
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Serbs
  
Origin
19th Century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available