Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
40
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3443
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2634
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
chone tao?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Mihrabani kan
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
India
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
baloutchi
bhojpuri
German Name
Belutschisch
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
19th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Bhojpuri
Language Position
3937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
bho
ISO 639 2/B
bal
bho
ISO 639 3
bal
bho
ISO 639 6
bal
bho
Glottocode
balo1260
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-