Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
42
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, Oceania
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Urdu
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3444
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2633
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
chone tao?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Mihrabani kan
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Marwari
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
321
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
baloutchi
hindi
German Name
Belutschisch
Hindi
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Hindustani people
Origin
19th Century
7th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Standard Hindi
Language Position
395
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
hin
ISO 639 2/B
bal
hin
ISO 639 3
bal
hin
ISO 639 6
bal
hins
Glottocode
balo1260
hind1269
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic