Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Salam
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Jowo
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
binu
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
yoruba
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
4 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Balochi language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Balochi Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.