Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Macedonian language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2636
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
chone tao?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Mihrabani kan
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
358
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Balgarski
French Name
baloutchi
bulgare
German Name
Belutschisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Bulgarian people
Origin
19th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
3988
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
bul
ISO 639 2/B
bal
bul
ISO 639 3
bal
bul
ISO 639 6
bal
buls
Glottocode
balo1260
bulg1262
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-