Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3429
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2620
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
hallo
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
takk
How Are You?
chone tao?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
jawáin shap
god natt
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
god kveld
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
god morgen
Please
Mihrabani kan
Vær så snill
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
unnskyld
Bye
bye
ha det
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Sogn
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
319
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Norsk
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Norsk
French Name
baloutchi
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Belutschisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Norwegians
Origin
19th Century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
3918
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
nor
ISO 639 2/B
bal
nor
ISO 639 3
bal
nor
ISO 639 6
bal
nor
Glottocode
balo1260
norw1258
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional