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Balochi vs Persian


Persian vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Iran  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34  
16
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
26  
16
23  
13

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
سلام  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
لطفا  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
متاسف  

Bye
bye  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
17
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
10
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
بلوچی  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
baloutchi  
persan  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Persian people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
per  

ISO 639 3
bal  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
balo1260  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Balochi and Persian Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Persian language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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Balochi and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Persian language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Balochi vs Persian Difficulty

The Balochi vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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