Brahui language
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| Brahui بروہی |
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| Spoken in: | Balochistan, Pakistan | |
| Total speakers: | 2.2 million (1998 estimate) | |
| Language family: | Dravidian Northern Brahui |
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| Writing system: | Perso-Arabic | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | brh | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Brahui (Urdu spelling: بروہی) or Bravi (براوِ) language, spoken by the Brahui, is a Dravidian language mainly spoken in Pakistan, although it is also spoken in Afghanistan and Iran. The 2005 edition of Ethnologue reports some 2.2 million speakers, 90% of whom 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 is often considered to be a remnant of a formerly more widespread Dravidian language family that was speculated to have reduced during the Indo-Aryan migration. It is also sometimes speculated that Brahui might be a direct legacy of the Indus Valley Civilisation. However, one polar opposite view is that Brahuis migrated up to Baluchistan in the 13 or 14th century[1] or by a late immigration that took place after 1000 CE.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Sergent, Genèse de l'Inde
- ^ 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
- partial bibliography of scholarly works on Brahui
- English to Brahui word list
- Complete profile of the Brahui language, with citations to teaching materials
- Ethnologue report on the Brahui language
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