Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3434
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
108
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2426
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
akkam
Salam
Thank You
Galatoomi
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
chone tao?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
jawáin sawáh
Please
Maaloo
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
naa dhiisi
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Nagayattii!
bye
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Borana
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
66,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Kenya
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
13,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
173
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Baluchi
French Name
galla
baloutchi
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
16
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Balochi
Language Position
9139
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
bal
ISO 639 2/B
orm
bal
ISO 639 3
orm
bal
ISO 639 6
orm
bal
Glottocode
nucl1736
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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