Countries
Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2628
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Salam
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
chone tao?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Mihrabani kan
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Kartli
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
320
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.64 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million4.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
baloutchi
géorgien
German Name
Belutschisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Georgians
History
Origin
19th Century
5th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
-
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Georgian
Language Position
39120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
kat
ISO 639 2/B
bal
geo
ISO 639 3
bal
kat
ISO 639 6
bal
kat
Glottocode
balo1260
nucl1302
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic