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
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Salam
  
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
  
Bye
Adeus
  
bye
  
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
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not present
  
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?
7.40 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
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
  
Konkani 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 Konkani and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Balochi language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Balochi Difficulty
The Konkani vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.