Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Iran
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Biko
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Ndo
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
بلوچی
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Ibo
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
igbo
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Standard Igbo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Balochi and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Igbo language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Igbo Difficulty
The Balochi vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.