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The Brahui or Bravi is language, spoken by the Brahui People, is believed to be a remnant of Dravidian languages spoken in northern South Asia. It is mainly spoken in southwest Pakistan, although it is also spoken in neighboring areas of 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.
Brahui belongs, like Kurukh (Oraon) and Malto, to the northern subfamily of the Dravidan family of languages.
It has been 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 Iranian/Indo-Aryan languages upon their arrival in South Asia.
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The Brahui or Bravi is language, spoken by the Brahui People, is believed to be a remnant of Dravidian languages spoken in northern South Asia. It is mainly spoken in southwest Pakistan, although it is also spoken in neighboring areas of 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.
Brahui belongs, like Kurukh (Oraon) and Malto, to the northern subfamily of the Dravidan family of languages.
It has been 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 Iranian/Indo-Aryan languages upon their arrival in South Asia. It has been suggested that Brahui might be a remnant of the language spoken in the Indus Valley Civilisation. Conversely, it has been indicated that the Brahuis could only have migrated to Baluchistan from central India after 1000 CE. The absence of any older Iranian (Avestan) loanwords in Brahui support this theory. The main Iranian contribtor to Brahui vocabulary, Baluchi, is a western Iranian language like Kurdish, and has moved to the area from the west only about 1000 CE. . One scholar places the migration only in the 13 or 14th century CE.
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