Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Iran
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
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Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
Salam
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
tchau
  
bye
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
portugais
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Balochi language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Balochi Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.