Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
Iran
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
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Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Hai
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
sila
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
maaf
  
Bye
bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
بلوچی
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
malais
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
stan1306
  
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 Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Malaysian language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Malaysian Difficulty
The Balochi vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.