Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Asante
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
pole
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
swahili
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
6th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Balochi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Balochi Speaking population
Swahili and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Balochi on Swahili vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Balochi Language Codes
Swahili and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.