Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
India
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3495
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2630
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
chone tao?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
jawáin shap
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Mihrabani kan
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Tsip maza
Bye
bye
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Laya
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Lunana
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Adap
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
baloutchi
dzongkha
German Name
Belutschisch
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Ngalop people
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Dzongkha
Language Position
3931
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
bal
dzo
ISO 639 3
bal
dzo
ISO 639 6
bal
dzo
Glottocode
balo1260
nucl1307
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-