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Balochi vs Nepali


Nepali vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
34   
16
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Bye
bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
India, Nepal   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

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   

History

Origin
19th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
nep   

ISO 639 3
bal   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Balochi and Nepali Language History

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

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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.

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