Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Nepal
National Language
Iran
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Hindi
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Salam
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
chone tao?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good afternoon
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Mihrabani kan
कृपया
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Doteli
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nepal
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
بلوچی
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
baloutchi
népalais
German Name
Belutschisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
19th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Balochi
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Balochi and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Nepali language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Nepali Difficulty
The Balochi vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.