Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Iran
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
German and English Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
dankjewel
How Are You?
chone tao?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
jawáin shap
goede Nacht
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Not Available
goedemiddag
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
goedemorgen
Please
Mihrabani kan
alsjeblieft
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
sorry
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
pardon
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Gronings
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Belgium, Netherlands
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
بلوچی
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
baloutchi
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Belutschisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Dutch people
Origin
19th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
nl
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
balo1260
mode1257
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Balochi and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Dutch language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Dutch Difficulty
The Balochi vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.