Countries
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Iran
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
maaf
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
bye
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
indonésien
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
7th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Balochi language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Balochi Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.