Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
815
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2617
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
hallo
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Dankie
How Are You?
chone tao?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
jawáin shap
goeie nag
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Goeie middag
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
goeie more
Please
Mihrabani kan
asseblief
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
jammer
Bye
bye
Totsiens
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
-
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Namibia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Cape Dutch
French Name
baloutchi
afrikaans
German Name
Belutschisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Afrikaners
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3923
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
afr
ISO 639 2/B
bal
afr
ISO 639 3
bal
afr
ISO 639 6
bal
afrs
Glottocode
balo1260
afri1274
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic