Countries
Nigeria
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Iran
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4434
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
128
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3226
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Salam
Thank You
gode ku
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
yaya dai
chone tao?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
jawáin shap
Good Evening
barka da yamma
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
jawáin sawáh
Please
Don Allah
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
yi hakuri
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
sai anjima
bye
I Love You
Ina son ku
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
gafara dai
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Niger
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Niger
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
50.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
203
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Baluchi
French Name
haoussa
baloutchi
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
14
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Balochi
Language Position
3439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
bal
ISO 639 2/B
hau
bal
ISO 639 3
hau
bal
ISO 639 6
hau
bal
Glottocode
haus1257
balo1260
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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