Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3445
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
820
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2625
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
नमस्कार
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
chone tao?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
jawáin shap
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
बोडो
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Mihrabani kan
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
दु:खित
Bye
bye
Lwrbw
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
baloutchi
bodo
German Name
Belutschisch
Bodo
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
19th Century
1913
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Balochi
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Language Position
3930
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
brx
ISO 639 2/B
bal
brx
ISO 639 3
bal
brx
ISO 639 6
bal
brx
Glottocode
balo1260
bodo1269
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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