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Brahui

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

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Brahui

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

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On the mapWhere spokenrecordedCoursesnone yet
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Academy126 courses, none open for enrolment yetCivic3 campaigns, 5 programmesHeritage116 days to keep, 40 chronology entriesNews88 approved sources, no confirmed events yetChaptersforming. None is recognised yet
ScriptArabright to lefton request
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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

0 in the catalogue

No course names this variety yet.

Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.
Akademiýa

Writing

no scripts yet

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.
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Resources

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

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

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
barlandy
Barla, çeşme goş ýa-da habar ber
Bu bahany barlamaga kömek ediň

Soňra näme bolýar. Gözegçi belligiňizi okaýar we çeşmäni barlaýar. Sahypa diňe şondan soň üýtgeýär. Adyňyz tutulmaýar.

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

näbelli
Ölçeg
speakers
Ýyl
not recorded
Çeşme
No source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
Ýagdaý
näbelli
Barla, çeşme goş ýa-da habar ber
Bu bahany barlamaga kömek ediň

Soňra näme bolýar. Gözegçi belligiňizi okaýar we çeşmäni barlaýar. Sahypa diňe şondan soň üýtgeýär. Adyňyz tutulmaýar.

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.

Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

Öwren

no courses yet

No course teaches this language yet.

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