Countries
Iran
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Iran
Iran
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Asia
Minority Language
-
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- 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
Persian
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4534
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4026
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hello
Salam
Thank You
Thank you
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
how are you
chone tao?
Good Night
Good night
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Good evening
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Good morning
jawáin sawáh
Please
Please
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
i love you
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
excuse me
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Iran
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Laki
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Iran
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
53
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.00 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
nanme
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Baluchi
French Name
louri
baloutchi
German Name
-
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Lurs
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
No early forms
Standard Forms
gd
Balochi
Language Position
2339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
12
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
bal
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
bal
ISO 639 3
12
bal
ISO 639 6
lrc
bal
Glottocode
12
balo1260
Linguasphere
12
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-