Countries
Ukraine
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
- 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
будь ласк
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
bye
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
1561
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
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