Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2646
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
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-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Mhoro
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Waita zvako
How Are You?
chone tao?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Manheru
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Masikati
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Mangwanani
Please
Mihrabani kan
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Ndineurombo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Karanga
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
chiShona
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
baloutchi
shona
German Name
Belutschisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Shona people
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Shona
Language Position
39107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
sna
ISO 639 2/B
bal
sna
ISO 639 3
bal
sna
ISO 639 6
bal
sna
Glottocode
balo1260
core1255
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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