Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Munda Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2621
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Henda ho
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Adi Johar
How Are You?
chone tao?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
संध्यायान
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Boge Setak’
Please
Mihrabani kan
দয়া করে
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
দুঃখিত
Bye
bye
Hariau
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Mahali
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Not present
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
-
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Not present
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
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How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
31
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
baloutchi
santal
German Name
Belutschisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Santali
Language Position
3941
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
sat
ISO 639 2/B
bal
sat
ISO 639 3
bal
sat
ISO 639 6
bal
sat
Glottocode
balo1260
sant1410
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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