Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Iran
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
bye
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
بلوچی
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
birman
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Balochi and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Burmese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Burmese Difficulty
The Balochi vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.