Countries
Japan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9934
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1426
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Salam
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
chone tao?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
jawáin sawáh
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
bye
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kansai
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
kansai
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
313
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Baluchi
French Name
japonais
baloutchi
German Name
Japanisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1185
19th Century
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Balochi
Language Position
839
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
bal
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
bal
ISO 639 3
jpn
bal
ISO 639 6
jpn
bal
Glottocode
nucl1643
balo1260
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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