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Balochi and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
26  
16

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.11 %  
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  

History

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
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Chinese and Balochi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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