Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Palau
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Korean Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3499
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2614
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
chone tao?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Mihrabani kan
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Hakata
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Kansai
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
kansai
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
331
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
日本語
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Nihongo
French Name
baloutchi
japonais
German Name
Belutschisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
19th Century
1185
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Balochi
Japanese
Language Position
398
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
bal
jpn
ISO 639 3
bal
jpn
ISO 639 6
bal
jpn
Glottocode
balo1260
nucl1643
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic