| Brahui بروہی |
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| Spoken in: | Balochistan | |
| 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, especially Balochi.
Brahui is widely suggested to be a remnant of a formerly widespread Dravidian language family that is believed to have been reduced or replaced during the influx of Indic languages. It is also been suggested that Brahui might be a direct legacy of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Conversely, it has also been suggested that Brahuis migrated up to Baluchistan after 1000 CE,[1] with one scholar placing it in the 13 or 14th century.[2]
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