Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Thailand
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2624
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Hai
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
terima kasih
How Are You?
chone tao?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Selamat pagi
Please
Mihrabani kan
sila
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
maaf
Bye
bye
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Pekal
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Musi
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
324
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
baloutchi
malais
German Name
Belutschisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Malaysian people
Origin
19th Century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Balochi
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
3954
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
msa
ISO 639 2/B
bal
may
ISO 639 3
bal
zsm
ISO 639 6
bal
may
Glottocode
balo1260
stan1306
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative