Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Wu
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
Not Available
  
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
chinois
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Chinese and Balochi Speaking population
Chinese and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Balochi on Chinese vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Balochi Language Codes
Chinese and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.