1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Iran
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
1.8 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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Kurdish and Persian
Persian and Balochi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3.4 Phonology
3.4.1 How Many Vowels
3.5.3 How Many Consonants
4.2 Scripts
Perso-Arabic script
Arabic
4.3 Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
4.4 Hard to Learn
4.4.1 Language Levels
4.6.1 Time Taken to Learn
5 Greetings
5.1 Hello
5.2 Thank You
mana bebahgsh
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
5.3 How Are You?
chone tao?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
5.4 Good Night
jawáin shap
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
5.5 Good Evening
jawáin begáh
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
5.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
5.7 Good Morning
jawáin sawáh
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
5.8 Please
Mihrabani kan
(lotfan) لطفا
5.9 Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
5.10 Bye
bye
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
5.11 I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
5.12 Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
6 Dialects
6.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi
Central Pashto
6.1.1 Where They Speak
Pakistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
6.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
6.2 Dialect 2
Western Balochi
Northern Pashto
6.2.1 Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Afganistan, Pakistan
6.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
1.3 Dialect 3
1.3.1 Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
Afganistan, Pakistan
1.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
2.4 Total No. Of Dialects
7 How Many People Speak
7.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
7.4 Speaking Population
7.9 Native Speakers
7.60 million60.00 million
0.13
873
7.10.2 Second Language Speakers
1.2.1 Native Name
1.2.2 Alternative Names
Baluchi
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
1.2.3 French Name
1.2.4 German Name
1.3 Pronunciation
Not available
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
1.4 Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Pashtun
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
2.2.2 Branch
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
Balochi
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
2.3.3 Language Position
2.3.1 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
2.4 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology