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BRH ISO 639-3

Brahui

براہوئی‎ (brāhūʾī) Autonym

A language of Pakistan

ISO 639
brh
Alternate Names
Birahui, Brahuidi, Brahuigi, Kur Galli
Autonym
براہوئی‎ (brāhūʾī)
Population
2,640,000 in Pakistan (2017 census). Total users in all countries: 2,864,400.
Location:
Balochistan and Sindh provinces: east in Kalat and Quetta region.
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Dravidian, Northern
Dialects
Jharawan, Kalat, Sarawan. Kalat is standard dialect, Jharawan is lowland. Low percentage of lexical similarity with surrounding languages.
Typology
SOV; noun head final; case-marking (10 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; tense and aspect; 27 consonant and 9 vowel phonemes; non-tonal.
Language Use
Also use Western Balochi [bgn].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. Newspapers. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1998.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Brahui
Writing
Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Arabic script, Nastaliq variant [Aran], primary usage. Latin script [Latn], used in one newspaper.
Other Comments
Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Brahui
User Population
200,000 in Afghanistan (Dupree 1980), increasing.
Location
Helmand and Kandahar provinces: Chakhansoor to Shorawak among the Balochi [bgn].
Language Status
6a (Vigorous)
Other Comments
Muslim.
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Language Name
Brahui
User Population
23,200 in Iran (2019), increasing.
Location
Sistan and Baluchestan province: central, including Zahedan.
Dialects
Jharawan (Jhalawan), Kalat, Sarawan.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Muslim.
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Language Name
Brahui
User Population
1,200 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b). , based on ethnicity.
Language Status
Unestablished
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Map

Location: Balochistan and Sindh provinces: east in Kalat and Quetta region.