Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4434
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
178
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2726
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Salam
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
chone tao?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
سہا مسا
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
jawáin sawáh
Please
مهربانی کر
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
bye
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Poguli
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Rambani
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Baluchi
French Name
kashmiri
baloutchi
German Name
Kaschmiri
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
12th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Balochi
Language Position
2339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ks
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
bal
ISO 639 2/B
kas
bal
ISO 639 3
kas
bal
ISO 639 6
kas
bal
Glottocode
kash1277
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
-
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