Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Farsi Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2629
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salam
Silaw
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Sipas
How Are You?
chone tao?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Şev xweş
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Bayanit bash
Please
Mihrabani kan
Bê zehmet
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bibûre
Bye
bye
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Pakistan
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.60 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
بلوچی
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
baloutchi
kurde
German Name
Belutschisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Kurds
Origin
19th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Balochi
Kurdish
Language Position
3914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
kur
ISO 639 2/B
bal
kur
ISO 639 3
bal
kur
ISO 639 6
bal
kur
Glottocode
balo1260
kurd1259
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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