Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
South Africa
National Language
Iran
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Dankie
How Are You?
chone tao?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
jawáin shap
goeie nag
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Goeie middag
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
goeie more
Please
Mihrabani kan
asseblief
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
jammer
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
بلوچی
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Cape Dutch
French Name
baloutchi
afrikaans
German Name
Belutschisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Afrikaners
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
balo1260
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Balochi and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Balochi and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Afrikaans language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Balochi vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Balochi and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.