Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Iran
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Please
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
anglais
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available