Countries
Meghalaya
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Iran
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1426
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kumno
Salam
Thank You
Khublei
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
chone tao?
Good Night
thia sukh
jawáin shap
Good Evening
babha janmiet
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
khublei
jawáin sawáh
Please
Sngewbha
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Map
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
khublei
bye
I Love You
ieit ieit
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
map a nga
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Baluchi
French Name
khasi
baloutchi
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1200 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Balochi
Language Position
4039
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
bal
ISO 639 2/B
kha
bal
ISO 639 3
kha
bal
ISO 639 6
kha
bal
Glottocode
khas1269
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-