Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Lithuania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Poland
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Latvian
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2620
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Sveiki
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Ačiū
How Are You?
chone tao?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Labanakt
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Laba diena
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Labas rytas
Please
Mihrabani kan
Prašom
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
atsiprašau
Bye
bye
Ate
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Curonian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
310
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
baloutchi
lituanien
German Name
Belutschisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Lithuanians
Origin
19th Century
c. 1503
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Lithuanian
Language Position
3944
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
lit
ISO 639 2/B
bal
lit
ISO 639 3
bal
lit
ISO 639 6
bal
lit
Glottocode
balo1260
lith1251
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic