Brahui language
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| Brahui | ||
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| Spoken in: | Balochistan | |
| Total speakers: | 2.2 million (1998 estimate) | |
| Language family: | Dravidian Northern Brahui |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | to be added | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | brh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Brahui language, spoken by the Brahui, is mainly spoken in Balochistan, Pakistan, although it is also spoken in Afghanistan and Iran. The 2005 edition of Ethnologue reports some 2.2 million speakers, 90% of which live in Pakistan. In Pakistan it is mainly spoken in the Kalat region of Balochistan.
Although it is a Dravidian language, it has been heavily influenced by the Iranian languages spoken in the area such as Balochi.
Brahui was often considered to be a remnant of a formerly more widespread Dravidian language family that was reduced during the Indo-Aryan migration. It was also sometimes speculated that Brahui might be a direct legacy of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
But its presence has now been explained by a late immigration that took place after 1000 CE[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ J. H. Elfenbein, "A periplous of the 'Brahui problem'", Studia Iranica 16 (1987), 215-233, quoted after `The Languages of Harappa' by Michael Witzel Feb. 2000, p. 1 [1]
[edit] External links
- A site by Shafique-Ur-Rehman about Brahui language
- partial bibliography of scholarly works on Brahui
- English to Brahui word list
- Complete profile of the Brahui language, with citations to teaching materials
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