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Balochi Language



Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries
4 11

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

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
34 16

Phonology

How Many Vowels
8 5

How Many Consonants
26 16

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi

Where They Speak
Pakistan

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00 47

Dialect 2
Western Balochi

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00 57

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00 42

Total No. Of Dialects
3 3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million 62

Speaking Population
0.11 % 56

Native Speakers
7.60 million 55

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million 43

Native Name
بلوچی

Alternative Names
Baluchi

French Name
baloutchi

German Name
Belutschisch

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui

History

Origin
19th Century

Language Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Balochi

Language Position
39 36

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

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
-

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Origin of Balochi language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Balochi language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Balochi language states that it was put to use in 19th Century. The history of Balochi language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Balochi Language History. Balochi has no early forms. Balochi is the standard form of Balochi language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Balochi Language.

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Balochi population

Balochi population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Balochi language. Balochi language is spoken by 7.60 million people in the world. Most of the Balochi population lies in the Balochi Speaking Countries. Balochi language is spoken as first language by 7.60 million people and as second language by about 8.50 million people. Get to know Balochi speaking population in detail.

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Balochi writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Balochi writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Balochi language. Some languages share common writing systems. Perso-Arabic script script is used by Balochi language. Learn more about . 

Information about Balochi language

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