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Gujarati and Balochi


Balochi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Iran  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
26  
16

Scripts
Devanagari  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Salam  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
chone tao?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
bye  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Southern Balochi  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
3,400,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
8.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Baluchi  

French Name
goudjrati  
baloutchi  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[bəˈloʧi]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
15  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Balochi  

Language Position
23  
21
39  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Balochi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
bal  

ISO 639 3
guj  
bal  

ISO 639 6
guj  
bal  

Glottocode
guja1252  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Gujarati and Balochi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Balochi dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Balochi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Balochi Dialects are spoken in different Balochi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Balochi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Balochi dialects include: Eastern Balochi , Western Balochi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Balochi Speaking population

Gujarati and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Balochi on Gujarati vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Balochi Language Codes

Gujarati and Balochi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Balochi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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