Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
China
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3436
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2627
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
rakhmat
How Are You?
chone tao?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Mihrabani kan
birdam
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
kachurung
Bye
bye
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Turpan
Where They Speak
Pakistan
China
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Hotan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
China
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
China
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0025,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
37
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million10.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
baloutchi
ouïgour
German Name
Belutschisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Uyghur
Origin
19th Century
11
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Balochi
Uyghur
Language Position
3998
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Uyghur
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
uig
ISO 639 2/B
bal
uig
ISO 639 3
bal
uig
ISO 639 6
bal
uig
Glottocode
balo1260
uigh1240
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-