Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Germany
  
Iran
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Danke
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
bitte
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
allemand
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
German and Balochi 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 German and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Balochi language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common German Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Balochi Difficulty
The German vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Balochi 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 German and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.