Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
Nepal
Iran
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Salam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
chone tao?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
jawáin sawáh
Please
कृपया
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Doteli
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Baluchi
French Name
népalais
baloutchi
German Name
Nepali
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Balochi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
balo1260
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Balochi Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Balochi Speaking population
Nepali and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Balochi on Nepali vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Balochi Language Codes
Nepali and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.