Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3423
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2614
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Kumno
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Khublei
How Are You?
chone tao?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
jawáin shap
thia sukh
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
khublei
Please
Mihrabani kan
Sngewbha
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Map
Bye
bye
khublei
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
map a nga
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
-
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
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How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
-
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.84 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.84 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
baloutchi
khasi
German Name
Belutschisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Khasi people
Origin
19th Century
1200 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Khasi
Language Position
3940
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
kha
ISO 639 2/B
bal
kha
ISO 639 3
bal
kha
ISO 639 6
bal
kha
Glottocode
balo1260
khas1269
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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