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Brahui

Sistan and Baluchestan

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براہوئی

01The language

Codes
ISO 639-3: brh · Glottocode: brah1256 · page code: brh
Family
Dravidian › North Dravidian
Script
Arab, right to left
Interface
In preparation
Platform phase
By demand
Technology support
Not supported by major engines
Shown with
Vazirmatn

Sources Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified; ISO 639-3 code tables. SIL International, registration authority. (2025) To verify

02Names and perspectives

Where names, classification or identity are debated, each view is shown with its sources. The platform takes no side.

  • براہوئی brāhūī

03Where it is spoken, and by how many

Sistan and Baluchestan

Unknown

Speakers: No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

04Status

The UNESCO World Atlas of Languages is the United Nations source; its status is shown first and stays to verify until the Atlas can be read. Beside it, the Agglomerated Endangerment Status in Glottolog brings together the Catalogue of Endangered Languages, the UNESCO Atlas and Ethnologue. Ethnologue appears only as a secondary source.

EntryStatusBasisSource
UNESCO World Atlas of LanguagesTo verifyUNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. (2025) To verify
BrahuiThreatenedVulnerableMoseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. (2010) Secondary source via Glottolog

05Varieties and dialects

Dialect groups as Glottolog records them. Names stay as published.

Brahui

3 dialects recorded

  • Jharawan
  • Kalat
  • Sarawan

Sources Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (2025) Verified

06This language’s pages

  • Writing

    Scripts, the alphabet chart, romanisation, numerals, keyboards and fonts.

  • Linguistics

    Sounds in IPA, pronunciation, grammar and core words compared with neighbouring languages.

  • Learn

    A pathway from first steps to fluency, courses, exams and heritage-language programmes.

  • Resources and preservation

    Dictionaries, corpora, libraries and media; endangerment and documentation; how to contribute.

07How to help

  • Native translators: translate the pages into Brahui. This language gets human translation only.
  • Teachers and authors: help write the first Brahui course.
  • Sources: point the research team to openly licensed dictionaries, corpora and recordings. Each enters the sources register for review.
  • Fonts and keyboards: report any letter that does not display or type correctly.

08Sources

  1. Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 2025

    Verified CC BY 4.0 Classification, dialect groups and the Agglomerated Endangerment Status (AES), read 2026-10-23.

  2. UNESCO. World Atlas of Languages. 2025

    To verify Not reachable when checked on 2026-10-23. Its status for each language is to verify.

  3. Moseley (ed.). Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edition. UNESCO Publishing. 2010

    Secondary source Cited only as Glottolog reports it (its AES source).

Cite this page
APA

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. (2026). Brahui. iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/

Chicago

Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council. 2026. “Brahui.” iranians.global. https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/.

BibTeX
@misc{idcdc2026_language_languages_brh,
	author = {{Iranian Diaspora Cooperation \& Development Council}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Brahui},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/},
}

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09Research and sources

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  1. Brahui

    Josef Elfenbein · 2019 · Routledge eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossref

  2. Brahui Language

    liaquat Ali · 2021 · Kudos Innovations Ltd

    OtherDataCite

  3. The verb structure in Brahui language of Ruedbar-Jonub

    Fatemeh Sheybanifard, Zohreh Zarshenas · 2020 · زبان پژوهی

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  4. Learning of Brahui Language in Balochistan.

    Abdul Razzaq Sabir · 2009 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA

  5. Translation Studies in Brahui literature

    Abdul lateef Bangulzai · 2022 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  6. Similarities and Unique Homogeneity of Certain Letters of Brahui and Balochi Language

    2024 · Makhz

    ArticleCrossref

  7. PERCEPTION OF FUTURE TEACHERS ABOUT MOTHER TONGUE EDUCATION IN BRAHUI LANGUAGE AT PRIMARY LEVEL

    null Zarina Waheed, null Abdul Wahab, null Waheed Bahadur · 2020 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAIRE

  8. Brahui Language, Brahuilogy and Balochistan.

    Bahdur Khan Rodeni, Zeenat Sana Baloch · 2009 · Al-Burz

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpen accessCC-BY-NC-SA

  9. Word Formation in Brahui Language of Rudbar-Jonub/Rudbari

    Anoushe Sheybanifard · 2023 · Al-Burz

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

  10. The Brahui language

    Denys Bray, Brāhūʾī Akaiḍmī · 1977 · University of Michigan Library Repository

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen accesspublic-domain

  11. A grammar of the Brahui language in comparative treatment

    Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov · 2001 · Americanae (AECID Library)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

  12. Brahui Language Introduction and Grammar

    Dennis Bray · 2006 · Americanae (AECID Library)

    ArticleOpenAlexOpen access

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