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Chinese vs Balochi


Balochi vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Iran   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Kurdish and Persian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
26   
16

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Salam   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
mana bebahgsh   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
chone tao?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
jawáin shap   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
jawáin begáh   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
jawáin sawáh   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Mihrabani kan   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
bebaksh / bebagsh   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Tu mana doost biyeh   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
mana bebahgsh   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Eastern Balochi   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Wu   
Western Balochi   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Yue   
Southern Balochi   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
3,400,000.00   
10

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
بلوچی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Baluchi   

French Name
chinois   
baloutchi   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Belutschisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
19th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Balochi   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
bal   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
bal   

ISO 639 3
zho   
bal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
balo1260   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
58-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Chinese and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Balochi language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Chinese and Balochi Language History.

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Chinese and Balochi 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 Chinese and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Balochi language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chinese vs Balochi Difficulty

The Chinese vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Balochi 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 Chinese and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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