Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Akan Orthography 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Not Available
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3421
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2616
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Salam
ete-sen
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
meda ase
How Are You?
chone tao?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
jawáin shap
maadwo
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
maadwo
Good Afternoon
-9999
maaha
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
maakye
Please
Mihrabani kan
wae
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Kafra
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Asante
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Fante
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,900,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million11.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Akan
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Not Available
French Name
baloutchi
akan
German Name
Belutschisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Akan people
History
Origin
19th Century
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Akan
Language Position
NA104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
aka
ISO 639 2/B
bal
aka
ISO 639 3
bal
aka
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
akan1251
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available