Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Gujarati
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3464
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2642
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Meharbani
How Are You?
chone tao?
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
jawáin shap
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Subho Bakhair
Please
Mihrabani kan
Mehrbani
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
bye
Allah Wahi
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Vicholi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Lari
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Sindhi
French Name
baloutchi
sindhi
German Name
Belutschisch
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Sindhi people
Origin
19th Century
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Balochi
Sindhi
Language Position
3950
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
snd
ISO 639 2/B
bal
snd
ISO 639 3
bal
snd
ISO 639 6
bal
snd
Glottocode
balo1260
sind1272
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-