1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
1.5 Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.6 Speaking Continents
1.7 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.8 Regulated By
Not Available
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.9 Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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.
1.10 Similar To
Hindi Language
Kurdish and Persian
1.11 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.4 Phonology
2.4.1 How Many Vowels
2.4.2 How Many Consonants
2.5 Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Perso-Arabic script
2.6 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.7 Hard to Learn
2.7.1 Language Levels
2.7.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
3.11 I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Pothohari
Eastern Balochi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
154.30 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
100.00 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Belutschisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Availble
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Punjabis
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology