1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Israel, Mauritius
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
1.8 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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Konkani Language
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
chone tao?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
3.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
3.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
3.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
3.8 Please
Mihrabani kan
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
3.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Maharashtrian Konkani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Vidarbha
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.007,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Khandeshi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Khandesh
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million71.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million68.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Marathi people
6 History
6.1 Origin
19th Century
10th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available