1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Dutch Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Namibia
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 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology