Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Bulgaria
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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.
Similar To
Macedonian language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3034
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3626
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Salam
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
chone tao?
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
jawáin sawáh
Please
Моля (Molja)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
bye
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
9,200,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
583
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
9.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Baluchi
French Name
bulgare
baloutchi
German Name
Bulgarisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
9th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
-
Branch
Southern
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Balochi
Language Position
8839
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bg
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bul
bal
ISO 639 2/B
bul
bal
ISO 639 3
bul
bal
ISO 639 6
buls
bal
Glottocode
bulg1262
balo1260
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-