Western Balochi
Western Balochi is an Indo-European language spoken in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan.
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Rakhshani (Balochi: رخشانی), also referred to as Western Balochi (رونیندی بلۏچی, romanized: Roanindi Balòči) is a dialect of the Balochi language. The dialect has several important subdialects and spoken predominantly in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan.
The Ethnologue database has classified the dialect under Western Balochi.
From Wikipedia · Rakhshani dialect · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Western Balochi
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | مات | mát |
| father | پت | pit |
| child | چک | cukk |
| man | مرد | mard |
| woman | جن | jan |
| name | نام | nám |
| friend | دوست | dost |
| eye | چم | camm |
| ear | گوش | goš |
| nose | پونز | ponz |
| tooth | دنتان | dantán |
| tongue | زبان | zaban |
| hand | دست | dast |
| heart | دل | dil |
| head | سر | sar |
| blood | ہون | |
| bone | ہڈ | haḍḍ |
| knee | کونڈ | konď |
| liver | جگر | jagar |
| water | آپ | áp |
| fire | آس | ás |
| sun | روچ | roc |
| moon | ماہ | máh |
| star | استار | istár |
| sky | آزمان | ázmán |
| rain | ہور | hawar |
| snow | برپ | barp |
| wind | گوات | gwát |
| stone | سنگ | |
| mountain | کوہ | koh |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Eastern BalochiIndo-European49% alike
- Southern BalochiIndo-European42% alike
- GilakiIndo-European34% alike
- ShabakiIndo-European32% alike
- LarestaniIndo-European31% alike
- Western FarsiIndo-European30% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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