Countries
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Iran
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5334
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4326
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
Salam
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Unjani
chone tao?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Molo
jawáin sawáh
Please
Ndicela
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
bye
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Uxolo
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
19.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
بلوچی
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Baluchi
French Name
xhosa
baloutchi
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
16th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Balochi
Language Position
2139
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
bal
ISO 639 2/B
xho
bal
ISO 639 3
xho
bal
ISO 639 6
xho
bal
Glottocode
xhos1239
balo1260
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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