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Balochi and Gujarati


Gujarati and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
26  
16
31  
21

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
bye  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
بلوچی  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
baloutchi  
goudjrati  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
19th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
39  
36
23  
21

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
guj  

ISO 639 3
bal  
guj  

ISO 639 6
bal  
guj  

Glottocode
balo1260  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Balochi and Gujarati Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Balochi and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Balochi and Gujarati Speaking population

Balochi and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Balochi and Gujarati on Balochi vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Gujarati Language Codes

Balochi and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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