Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
44
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National Language
Iran
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary