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Nepali vs Balochi


Balochi vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nepal  
Iran  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese 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  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
26  
16

Scripts
Devanagari  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Salam  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
chone tao?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
سلام علیکم  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
कृपया  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
bye  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
3,400,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.50 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Baluchi  

French Name
népalais  
baloutchi  

German Name
Nepali  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[bəˈloʧi]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
19 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Balochi  

Language Position
59  
99+
39  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Balochi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
bal  

ISO 639 3
npi  
bal  

ISO 639 6
nep  
bal  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
12  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Nepali and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Balochi language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Balochi language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Balochi Language History.

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Nepali and Balochi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Balochi language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Balochi Difficulty

The Nepali vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Balochi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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