Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3442
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2631
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
chone tao?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Mihrabani kan
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Kosli
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
India
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
baloutchi
oriya
German Name
Belutschisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Odias
Origin
19th Century
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Odia
Language Position
3932
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
ori
ISO 639 2/B
bal
ori
ISO 639 3
bal
ori
ISO 639 6
bal
ori
Glottocode
balo1260
macr1269
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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