Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Armenian
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3424
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
87
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2617
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
chone tao?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
jawáin shap
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Mihrabani kan
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
bye
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Greece
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Griko
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million13.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.18 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
baloutchi
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Belutschisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
19th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Greek
Language Position
3974
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
ell
ISO 639 2/B
bal
gre
ISO 639 3
bal
ell
ISO 639 6
bal
ells
Glottocode
balo1260
gree1276
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic