Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Greek
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3438
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2632
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
chone tao?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
jawáin shap
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Mihrabani kan
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
bye
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
-
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
baloutchi
arménien
German Name
Belutschisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Armenians
Origin
19th Century
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
3914
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
hye
ISO 639 2/B
bal
arm
ISO 639 3
bal
hye
ISO 639 6
bal
hye
Glottocode
balo1260
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic