Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Somali Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2624
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
akkam
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Galatoomi
How Are You?
chone tao?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Mihrabani kan
Maaloo
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
naa dhiisi
Bye
bye
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Borana
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Orma
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Wata
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Kenya
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
317
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
baloutchi
galla
German Name
Belutschisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Oromos
Origin
19th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
3991
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
orm
ISO 639 2/B
bal
orm
ISO 639 3
bal
orm
ISO 639 6
bal
orm
Glottocode
balo1260
nucl1736
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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