Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2622
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
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
pranam
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
dhanyabad
How Are You?
chone tao?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Śubharātri
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Suprabhaat
Please
Mihrabani kan
kripaya
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
maf karai
Bye
bye
Alavidā
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
kripaya
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
North India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
baloutchi
maithili
German Name
Belutschisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Maithil
Origin
19th Century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3940
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
mai
ISO 639 2/B
bal
mai
ISO 639 3
bal
mai
ISO 639 6
bal
mai
Glottocode
balo1260
mait1250
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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