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Balochi vs Konkani


Konkani vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Iran  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Marathi  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
26  
16
36  
26

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Namaskar  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
Chike  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
Maf kor  

Bye
bye  
Adeus  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
Not Available  

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
بلوچی  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
baloutchi  
konkani  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
kok  

ISO 639 3
bal  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
balo1260  
goan1235  

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  
Not Available  

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Balochi and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Konkani language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Balochi and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Konkani language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Balochi vs Konkani Difficulty

The Balochi vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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