Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3420
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2610
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Hello
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
chone tao?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Night pai
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Morning pai
Please
Mihrabani kan
Tēnā
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Aroha mai
Bye
bye
poroporoaki
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Pakistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Baluchi
New Zealand Maori
French Name
baloutchi
maori
German Name
Belutschisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Māori people
Origin
19th Century
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Maori
Language Position
3926
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
mri
ISO 639 2/B
bal
mao
ISO 639 3
bal
mri
ISO 639 6
bal
mri
Glottocode
balo1260
maor1246
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-