Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica
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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Persian
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3445
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2640
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
hello
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Thank you
How Are You?
chone tao?
how are you
Good Night
jawáin shap
Good night
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Good evening
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Good afternoon
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Good morning
Please
Mihrabani kan
Please
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
sorry
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
i love you
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
excuse me
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Iran
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Laki
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Iran
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million89.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
nanme
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
baloutchi
louri
German Name
Belutschisch
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Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Lurs
Origin
19th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
gd
Standard Forms
Balochi
gd
Language Position
3923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
No data available
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
bal
lrc
ISO 639 3
bal
12
ISO 639 6
bal
lrc
Glottocode
balo1260
12
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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