Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Salam
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Not Available
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
bye
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
12th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Balochi
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
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
  
Kashmiri and Balochi Speaking population
Kashmiri and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available 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 Kashmiri and Balochi on Kashmiri vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kashmiri and Balochi Language Codes
Kashmiri and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kashmiri and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.