Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2631
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Selam
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
chone tao?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Dehna dur
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Mihrabani kan
i'bakwon
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
aznallehu
Bye
bye
tschao
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Gondar
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Showa
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
baloutchi
amharique
German Name
Belutschisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Amharas
Origin
19th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Balochi
Amharic
Language Position
3955
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
amh
ISO 639 2/B
bal
amh
ISO 639 3
bal
amh
ISO 639 6
bal
amh
Glottocode
balo1260
amha1245
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional