Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
34
Rank: 16 (Overall)
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
26
Rank: 16 (Overall)
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
chone tao?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Please
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
bye
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
Rank: 47 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
Rank: 57 (Overall)
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
Rank: 42 (Overall)
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million
Rank: 62 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %
Rank: 56 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million
Rank: 55 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million
Rank: 43 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Baluchi
French Name
baloutchi
German Name
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Branch
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Language Position
39
Rank: 36 (Overall)
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
ISO 639 2/B
bal
ISO 639 3
bal
ISO 639 6
bal
Glottocode
balo1260
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Language Morphological Typology
-