Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Iran
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salam
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
chone tao?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
jawáin shap
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
Mihrabani kan
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Pakistan
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
7.60 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
بلوچی
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Baluchi
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
baloutchi
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Belutschisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Balochi
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bal
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
bal
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
bal
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
balo1260
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Balochi and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Zulu language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Zulu Difficulty
The Balochi vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.