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Russian vs Balochi


Balochi vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Eastern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
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

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Russian and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Balochi language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Balochi Language History.

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

Russian vs Balochi Difficulty

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

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