Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Iran
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
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Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
chone tao?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
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下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Mihrabani kan
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Wu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Yue
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
بلوچی
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
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French Name
baloutchi
chinois
German Name
Belutschisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not available
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Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Han
Origin
19th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
balo1260
sini1245
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Balochi and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Chinese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Chinese Difficulty
The Balochi vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.