Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
114
0
46
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National Language
Turkey
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2934
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2126
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Merhaba
Salam
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
chone tao?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
jawáin shap
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
günaydın
jawáin sawáh
Please
lütfen
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
üzgünüm
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Hoşçakal
bye
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
480,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.95 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Türkçe
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Baluchi
French Name
turc
baloutchi
German Name
Türkisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
c. 1350
19th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
-
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Balochi
Language Position
1939
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
tr
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tur
bal
ISO 639 2/B
tur
bal
ISO 639 3
tur
bal
ISO 639 6
tur
bal
Glottocode
nucl1301
balo1260
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-