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Gujarati and Balochi


Balochi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
47   
27
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
31   
21
26   
16

Scripts
Devanagari   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Balochi Speaking population

Gujarati and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Balochi on Gujarati vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Balochi Language Codes

Gujarati and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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