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Urdu vs Balochi


Balochi vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Pakistan  
Iran  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Kurdish and Persian  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
34  
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic  
Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Salam  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
mana bebahgsh  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
chone tao?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
jawáin shap  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
jawáin begáh  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
سلام علیکم  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
jawáin sawáh  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Mihrabani kan  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
bebaksh / bebagsh  

Bye
الوداع  
bye  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Tu mana doost biyeh  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
mana bebahgsh  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Eastern Balochi  

Where They Speak
India  
Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Western Balochi  

Where They Speak
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Southern Balochi  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
3,400,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
7.60 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
7.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
8.50 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
بلوچی  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Baluchi  

French Name
ourdou  
baloutchi  

German Name
Urdu  
Belutschisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[bəˈloʧi]  

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
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
Modern Standard Urdu  
Balochi  

Language Position
20  
18
39  
36

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Balochi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
bal  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
bal  

ISO 639 3
urd  
bal  

ISO 639 6
urd  
bal  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
balo1260  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
58-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Urdu and Balochi Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Balochi language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Balochi language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Balochi Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Balochi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Balochi language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Balochi word for "Thank You" is mana bebahgsh. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Balochi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Balochi Difficulty

The Urdu vs Balochi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Balochi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Balochi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Balochi time required is 44 weeks.

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