Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
India
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
NA
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
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Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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
Not Available
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)
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Not Available
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
بلوچی
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
baloutchi
goudjrati
German Name
Belutschisch
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Gujaratis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Balochi
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
gu
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
balo1260
guja1252
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Balochi and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Gujarati language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Balochi vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Balochi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.