Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Not Available
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Not Available
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2632
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Salam
sannu
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
gode ku
How Are You?
chone tao?
yaya dai
Good Night
jawáin shap
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
-9999
barka da rana
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
mai kyau safe
Please
Mihrabani kan
Don Allah
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
yi hakuri
Bye
bye
sai anjima
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
gafara dai
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Niger
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.52 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million35.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
baloutchi
haoussa
German Name
Belutschisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Hausa–Fulani people
History
Origin
19th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Chadic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Hausa
Language Position
NA34
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
hau
ISO 639 2/B
bal
hau
ISO 639 3
bal
hau
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
haus1257
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional