Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Kannada Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3451
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2635
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Namaskara
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
chone tao?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
jawáin shap
yedde rathre
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
yedde kaande
Please
Mihrabani kan
Daya maltadu
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
bye
Barpe
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Jain
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Girijan
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
Tulu
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
baloutchi
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German Name
Belutschisch
Tulu
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Tuluva
Origin
19th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Tulu
Language Position
3923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
bal
tul
ISO 639 3
bal
tcy
ISO 639 6
bal
tcy
Glottocode
balo1260
tulu1258
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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