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Balochi vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Iran  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Salam  

Thank You
متشکرم  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
chone tao?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Not Available  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
لطفا  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
متاسف  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
bye  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
5,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
3,400,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
7.60 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Baluchi  

French Name
persan  
baloutchi  

German Name
Persisch  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Balochi  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
bal  

ISO 639 3
pes  
bal  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Balochi language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Persian and Balochi Language History.

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Persian 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 Persian and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Balochi language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Persian vs Balochi Difficulty

The Persian vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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