Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3433
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2624
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Latin
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
Sveiki
Thank You
mana bebahgsh
Paldies
How Are You?
chone tao?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
jawáin shap
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
jawáin begáh
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم
Labdien
Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
Labrīt
Please
Mihrabani kan
lūdzu
Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Piedodiet!
Bye
bye
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Livonian
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Balochi
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.60 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
بلوچی
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Baluchi
Lettish
French Name
baloutchi
letton
German Name
Belutschisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Latvians or Letts
Origin
19th Century
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Balochi
Latvian
Language Position
399
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bal
lav
ISO 639 2/B
bal
lav
ISO 639 3
bal
lav
ISO 639 6
bal
lav
Glottocode
balo1260
latv1249
Linguasphere
58-AAB-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic