Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Iran
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
günaydın
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
bye
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
turc
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Turkish
  
Origin
19th Century
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic