Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
47
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Turkish
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2623
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
Salam
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
chone tao?
necəsən
Good Night
jawáin shap
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
Mihrabani kan
lütfən
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
üzr
Bye
bye
xudafiz
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Derbent
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Russia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Baku
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0037.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
333
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million26.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.34 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
baloutchi
azéri
German Name
Belutschisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Azerbaijani
Origin
19th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Azerbaijani
Language Position
3938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
aze
ISO 639 2/B
bal
aze
ISO 639 3
bal
aze
ISO 639 6
bal
aze
Glottocode
balo1260
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative