Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
India
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Bengali Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2631
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
chone tao?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Mihrabani kan
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
bye
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Surati
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
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How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million60.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
8.50 million55.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
baloutchi
goudjrati
German Name
Belutschisch
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Gujaratis
Origin
19th Century
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
3923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
guj
ISO 639 2/B
bal
guj
ISO 639 3
bal
guj
ISO 639 6
bal
guj
Glottocode
balo1260
guja1252
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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