Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
45
0
46
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National Language
Iran
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
824
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2623
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
chone tao?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Mihrabani kan
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Pakistan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Wu
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Yue
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
baloutchi
chinois
German Name
Belutschisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Han
Origin
19th Century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Chinese
Language Position
391
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
zho
ISO 639 2/B
bal
chi
ISO 639 3
bal
zho
ISO 639 6
bal
zho
Glottocode
balo1260
sini1245
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating