Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Iran
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3234
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1726
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Salam
Thank You
Dankie
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
chone tao?
Good Night
goeie nag
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Goeienaand
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
goeie more
jawáin sawáh
Please
asseblief
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
jammer
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Totsiens
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Namibia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
7.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Baluchi
French Name
afrikaans
baloutchi
German Name
Afrikaans
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Balochi
Language Position
2339
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
bal
ISO 639 2/B
afr
bal
ISO 639 3
afr
bal
ISO 639 6
afrs
bal
Glottocode
afri1274
balo1260
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
-