Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Romanian
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3436
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Përshëndetje
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
chone tao?
Si jeni?
Good Night
jawáin shap
natën e mirë
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
mirëdita
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
mirëmengjes
Please
Mihrabani kan
Ju lutem
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Me fal
Bye
bye
mirupafshim
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Më falni
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Shqip
French Name
baloutchi
albanais
German Name
Belutschisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Albanians
Origin
19th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3914
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
bal
alb
ISO 639 3
bal
sqi
ISO 639 6
bal
sqi
Glottocode
balo1260
alba1267
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic