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Balochi vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
26  
16
31  
21

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
5,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

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
1,800,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

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  

History

Origin
19th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
39  
36
23  
21

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Balochi and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Gujarati language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Balochi and Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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