Eastern Balochi
Eastern Balochi is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan, by about 3.1 million people.
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Eastern Balochi is a dialect of the Balochi language spoken in Eastern Balochistan as well as in Punjab, and Sindh.
Relatively few studies have been devoted to Eastern Balochi compared to other dialects of the Balochi language. There is too little material available.
From Wikipedia · Eastern Balochi dialects · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Eastern Balochi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mardum* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | Cham* | |
| nose | phonz* | |
| tooth | dathan* | |
| tongue | zawan* | |
| hand | dast* | |
| blood | lanj* | |
| skin | post* | |
| knee | khond* | |
| breast | gwar* | |
| liver | laghar* | |
| water | ab* | |
| fire | as* | |
| sun | roC* | |
| star | astar* | |
| stone | siN* | |
| mountain | koh* | |
| tree | daraSk* | |
| leaf | thakh* | |
| night | Sap* | |
| dog | biN* | |
| fish | mahi* | |
| one | yak* | |
| two | do* | |
| I | mah* | |
| we | ma* | |
| drink | lawaSagh* | |
| see | ditha* | |
| hear | aSkanagh* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southern BalochiIndo-European69% alike
- Western BalochiIndo-European49% alike
- TajikIndo-European34% alike
- Western FarsiIndo-European33% alike
- ShabakiIndo-European33% alike
- LarestaniIndo-European32% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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