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Brahui: linguistics

Brahui sounds, pronunciation, grammar and core vocabulary.

براہوئی

01Sounds

The language’s phonemes, from one published description.

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This section will show the consonant and vowel tables of Brahui from PHOIBLE 2.0, inventory Brahui (Jahlawān) (EA 2290), based on Elfenbein 1997; Andronov 1980. PHOIBLE is under CC BY-SA 3.0, and the tables appear once the owner approves the source.

02Core words compared

Ten everyday words across the languages of the region.

MeaningPersianKurmanjiSoraniZazakiBalochiAzerbaijaniArmenian
waterآبābavئاوawaweāpsuջուրjur
breadنانnānnanنانnannannānçörəkհացhatsʻ
motherمادرmādardêدایکdaykmayemātanaմայրmayr
fatherپدرpedarbavباوکbawkpîpitataհայրhayr
houseخانهkhānemalماڵmałkeyelōgevտունtun
nightشبshabşevشەوşewşeweshapgecəգիշերgisher
twoدوdoduدووdûdidoikiերկուerku
threeسهsesêسێsêhîrêsēüçերեքerekʻ
eyeچشمcheshmçavچاوçawçimchammgözաչքachkʻ
nameنامnāmnavناوnawnamenāmadանունanun

Persian, Kurdish, Zazaki and Balochi are Iranian languages, and many of their core words are related. Azerbaijani is Turkic and Armenian is its own branch of Indo-European, so their words differ. To verify

Sources Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. (1892) Verified; Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. (2003) To verify; Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. (1966) To verify; Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. (1998) To verify; Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. (2009) To verify; Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. (1998) To verify; Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. (2009) To verify

03Sources

  1. Moran and McCloy (eds.). PHOIBLE 2.0. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. 2019

    Verified CC BY-SA 3.0 Phoneme inventories, each from the published source it names, read 2026-10-23.

  2. Steingass. A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary. Routledge and K. Paul. Digital edition: Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, University of Chicago. 1892

    Verified Public domain. The digital edition was reachable on 2026-10-23.

  3. Chyet. Kurdish-English Dictionary. Yale University Press. 2003

    To verify

  4. Wahby and Edmonds. A Kurdish-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press. 1966

    To verify

  5. Paul. Zazaki: Grammatik und Versuch einer Dialektologie. Reichert. 1998

    To verify

  6. Jahani and Korn. Balochi. In Windfuhr (ed.), The Iranian Languages. 2009

    To verify

  7. Johanson and Csató (eds.). The Turkic Languages. Routledge. 1998

    To verify

  8. Dum-Tragut. Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. John Benjamins. 2009

    To verify

Cite this page
APA

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

Chicago

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

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	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Brahui: Linguistics},
	url = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/linguistics/},
	howpublished = {https://iranians.global/language/languages/brh/linguistics/},
}

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04Research 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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