Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Hello
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
chone tao?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Mihrabani kan
Fadlan
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
sorry
Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
baloutchi
somali
German Name
Belutschisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Somalis
Origin
19th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Somali
Language Position
3983
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
som
ISO 639 2/B
bal
som
ISO 639 3
bal
som
ISO 639 6
bal
som
Glottocode
balo1260
soma1255
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-