Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3462
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
82
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2660
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
chone tao?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Mihrabani kan
амритана
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
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Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
baloutchi
abkhaze
German Name
Belutschisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Abkhaz people
Origin
19th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Abkhaz
Language Position
3928
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
abk
ISO 639 2/B
bal
abk
ISO 639 3
bal
abk
ISO 639 6
bal
abks
Glottocode
balo1260
abkh1244
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative