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on request · Language · brh · Dravidian

Brahui

براہوئی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Sistan and Baluchestan.

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brh · Arab · right to left · on request

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Brahui

براہوئی · Arab script, written right to left. Spoken in Sistan and Baluchestan.

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Academy126 courses, 126 open for enrolmentCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet
ScriptArabright to lefton request

Record

brh
براہوئیBrahui · Arab
Code
brh
Family
Dravidian
Where
Sistan and Baluchestan
Phase
on request
Coverage
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

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Writing

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Its own names

براہوئیbrāhūī
right to left

Scripts

The script page for this variety is not built yet. It is written in the Arab script, right to left.

  • Brahui is written in an Arabic-based alphabet in the Urdu style.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.

Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Brahuireference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Dravidian, then North Dravidian
Codes
ISO 639-3 brh · Glottolog brah1256
Dialects
Brahui: Jharawan, Kalat, Sarawan (3 listed in all)
Standing
Brahui: threatened (Vulnerable) secondary
Sounds
26 consonants and 17 vowels, after Elfenbein 1997; Andronov 1980 · the inventory verified

b d̪ d̠ʒ ɖ f ɡ ɣ j k l̪ ɬ̪ m n̪ p r̪ ɽ s̪ ʃ t̪ t̠ʃ ʈ w x z̪ ʒ ʔ a ã aː ãː ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ː i ĩ iː ĩː ɔː ɔ̃ː u ũ uː ũː

North Dravidian
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Classification

Brahui is a Dravidian language, spoken among Balochi speakers. Most of its speakers also speak Balochi.

to verify · Hammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath and Bank. Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Speakers

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Measure
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Year
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Source
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Status
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