Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
34
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Iran
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Tamil Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2634
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2426
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Salam
Thank You
terima kasih
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
chone tao?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
jawáin sawáh
Please
sila
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
maaf
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pekal
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Musi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
243
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Baluchi
French Name
malais
baloutchi
German Name
Malaiisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
c. 683 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Balochi
Language Position
5439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
bal
ISO 639 2/B
may
bal
ISO 639 3
zsm
bal
ISO 639 6
may
bal
Glottocode
stan1306
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-