Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
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 in
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Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Antruz
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Goa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Not present
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Origin
19th Century
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Kokani
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
goan1235
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
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.