Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
15
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available