Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Iran
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
India
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
bye
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
بلوچی
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Bihari
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Balochi and Urdu Speaking population
Balochi and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Balochi vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Balochi and Urdu Language Codes
Balochi and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.