Countries
India
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4234
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3126
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Salam
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
chone tao?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
jawáin sawáh
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ganjami
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kosli
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
520,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
83
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.50 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
33.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Baluchi
French Name
oriya
baloutchi
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Odias
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
3 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Balochi
Language Position
3239
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
bal
ISO 639 2/B
ori
bal
ISO 639 3
ori
bal
ISO 639 6
ori
bal
Glottocode
macr1269
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-