Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Hindi
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3448
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2636
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
chone tao?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Good afternoon
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Mihrabani kan
कृपया
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Doteli
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Nepal
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0017,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Nepal
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0017,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
312
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
baloutchi
népalais
German Name
Belutschisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
19th Century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Balochi
Nepali
Language Position
3959
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
nep
ISO 639 2/B
bal
nep
ISO 639 3
bal
npi
ISO 639 6
bal
nep
Glottocode
balo1260
nepa1254
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
12
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative