Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Russia
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Afganistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Olonets
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Olonets
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Novgorod
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Novgorod
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
276.00 million
  
6
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
166.00 million
  
8
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
110.00 million
  
7
Not Available
  
Native Name
Русский
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Russki
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
russe
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Russisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Russians
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ru
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
rus
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
rus
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
rus
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
russ1263
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available