Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Iran
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian 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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
bye
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
39.00 million
  
25
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1561
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic