Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Myanmar
National Language
Iran
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Mon
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Thai Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Salam
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
chone tao?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Mihrabani kan
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Intha
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Burma
Native Name
بلوچی
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
baloutchi
birman
German Name
Belutschisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Bamar people
Origin
19th Century
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
Glottocode
balo1260
sout3159
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
Balochi and Burmese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Balochi and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Burmese language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Burmese Difficulty
The Balochi vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Balochi and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.