1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
chone tao?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
Mihrabani kan
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Belutschisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available