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Balochi vs Russian


Russian vs Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Iran  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Kurdish and Persian  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
34  
16
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
26  
16
21  
11

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
mana bebahgsh  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
chone tao?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
jawáin shap  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
jawáin begáh  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
سلام علیکم  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Mihrabani kan  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
bye  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Western Balochi  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.60 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
8.50 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
بلوچی  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Baluchi  
Russki  

French Name
baloutchi  
russe  

German Name
Belutschisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[bəˈloʧi]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  
Russians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Balochi  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
39  
36
7  
7

Signed Forms
Balochi Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
bal  
rus  

ISO 639 3
bal  
rus  

ISO 639 6
bal  
rus  

Glottocode
balo1260  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Balochi and Russian Language History

Comparison of Balochi vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Balochi and Russian language. History of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Balochi and Russian Language History.

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Balochi and Russian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Balochi and Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Balochi and Russian language. Balochi word for "Hello" is Salam or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Balochi Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Balochi vs Russian Difficulty

The Balochi vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Balochi Alphabets and Russian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Balochi and Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Balochi and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Balochi is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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