Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
817
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2627
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
chone tao?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Hach ch'i
Please
Mihrabani kan
مهربانی کر
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Poguli
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Rambani
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
India
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
baloutchi
kashmiri
German Name
Belutschisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
19th Century
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Kashmiri
Language Position
3923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
kas
ISO 639 2/B
bal
kas
ISO 639 3
bal
kas
ISO 639 6
bal
kas
Glottocode
balo1260
kash1277
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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