Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Not Available
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
شكرا
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
chone tao?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
jawáin shap
Good Evening
مساء الخير
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Not Available
Good Morning
صباح الخير
jawáin sawáh
Please
من فضلك
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
آسف
bebaksh / bebagsh
I Love You
أحبك
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
اعذرني
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Sudan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Dialect 3
Levantine
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Baluchi
French Name
arabe
baloutchi
German Name
Arabisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Not available
Ethnicity
Arabs
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
512 CE
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Not Available
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Balochi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ar
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
balo1260
Linguasphere
12-AAC
58-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Arabic 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 Arabic and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Balochi language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Balochi Difficulty
The Arabic vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.