Countries
India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Pakistan
Iran
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
- 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 Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5334
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
98
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4126
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Salam
Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
chone tao?
Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
jawáin shap
Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
jawáin sawáh
Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
bye
I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Pothohari
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Pakistan
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Saraiki
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Doabi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
130,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
303
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
154.30 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.44 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
100.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
54.30 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Baluchi
French Name
pendjabi
baloutchi
German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
Not Availble
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Punjabis
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1000 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi
Balochi
Language Position
2339
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
pa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
pan
bal
ISO 639 2/B
pan
bal
ISO 639 3
pan
bal
ISO 639 6
panj
bal
Glottocode
panj1256
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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