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
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
kaso assa?
chone tao?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
jawáin sawáh
Please
Chike
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Maf kor
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Antruz
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Goa
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Baluchi
French Name
konkani
baloutchi
German Name
Konkani
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
Not available
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1209 A.D.
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Balochi
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
goan1235
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Konkani and Balochi Speaking population
Konkani and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Balochi on Konkani vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Balochi Language Codes
Konkani and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.