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Balochi vs Chinese


Chinese vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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  
Not Available  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Chinese.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
24  
19

How Many Consonants
26  
16
23  
13

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

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
Not Available  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
bye  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
10
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
بلوچی  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Not Available  

French Name
baloutchi  
chinois  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Han  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
chi  

ISO 639 3
bal  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
balo1260  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Balochi and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Chinese language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Balochi and Chinese Language History.

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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.

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