Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Thai Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
828
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2627
9
60
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Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Salam
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
chone tao?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
jawáin shap
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mihrabani kan
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
baloutchi
lao
German Name
Belutschisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Lao people
Origin
19th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Lao
Language Position
3943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
lao
ISO 639 2/B
bal
lao
ISO 639 3
bal
lao
ISO 639 6
bal
lao
Glottocode
balo1260
laoo1244
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating