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Balochi
Balochi

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Countries

Countries

Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Iran
Pakistan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
India

Regulated By

Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Kurdish and Persian
Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3452
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

810
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2640
9 60
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Scripts

Perso-Arabic script
Arabic

Writing Direction

-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

34
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Salam
خوش آمديد

Thank You

mana bebahgsh
آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

chone tao?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

jawáin shap
گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

jawáin begáh
سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

سلام علیکم
گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

jawáin sawáh
گڈ مارننگ

Please

Mihrabani kan
براہ مہربانی

Sorry

bebaksh / bebagsh
معاف کرنا

Bye

bye
الوداع

I Love You

Tu mana doost biyeh
مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

mana bebahgsh
معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Balochi
Dakhini

Where They Speak

Pakistan
India

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Western Balochi
Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
India

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0069,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Balochi
Rekhta

Where They Speak

Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
South Asia

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.60 million104.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.99 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.60 million61.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.50 million43.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

بلوچی
اُردُو

Alternative Names

Baluchi
Bihari

French Name

baloutchi
ourdou

German Name

Belutschisch
Urdu

Pronunciation

[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

19th Century
12th Century CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Balochi
Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

3920
1 120
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Signed Forms

Balochi Sign Language
Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ur

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bal
urd

ISO 639 2/B

bal
urd

ISO 639 3

bal
urd

ISO 639 6

bal
urd

Glottocode

balo1260
urdu1245

Linguasphere

58-AAB-a
59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
-

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional

Balochi and Urdu Alphabets

Balochi and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Balochi and Urdu. In Balochi Alphabets there are 34 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Balochi and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Balochi and Urdu languages. The Balochi phonology consist Balochi vowels and Balochi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Balochi greetings vs Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Balochi and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

All Balochi and Urdu Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Balochi and Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Balochi and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Balochi are spoken in different Balochi Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Balochi vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi, Western Balochi. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Balochi and Urdu Speaking population

Balochi and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Balochi and Urdu on Balochi vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Urdu Language Codes

Balochi and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Balochi and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.