Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Salam
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
sila
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
maaf
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
bye
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
malais
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Balochi Speaking population
Malaysian and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Balochi on Malaysian vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Balochi Language Codes
Malaysian and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.