Countries
Norway
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2934
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2026
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Salam
Thank You
takk
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
chone tao?
Good Night
god natt
jawáin shap
Good Evening
god kveld
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
god morgen
jawáin sawáh
Please
Vær så snill
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
unnskyld
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
ha det
bye
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
30,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Sogn
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
193
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Norsk
Baluchi
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
baloutchi
German Name
Nynorsk
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
c. 1300 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Balochi
Language Position
1839
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
bal
ISO 639 2/B
nor
bal
ISO 639 3
nor
bal
ISO 639 6
nor
bal
Glottocode
norw1258
balo1260
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-