Brahui (Bráhuí / براوی)

Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by about 2.2 million people mainly in the Balochistan region of Pakistan. There are also speakers in in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Qatar and the UAE. Brahui belong to the northern subfamily of Dravidian languages and is related to Kurukh and Malto, and has been influenced by Balochi and other Iranian languages.

Brahui has no official status and is not used in education in administration, however there is a newspaper in Brahui called Haftaí Talár.

Brahui is written with a version of the Arabic script, and also with a version of the Latin alphabet known as Brolikva or Brahui Roman Likvar, which was developed by the Brahui Language Board (Bráhuí Báşágal Brolikva) of the University of Balochistan in Quetta.

Latin alphabet for Brahui with Arabic equivalents

Latin alphabet for Brahui with Arabic equivalents

Information about Brahui pronunciation supplied by Wolfram Siegel

Links

Information about Brahui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_language
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207

Brahui Language Board
https://sites.google.com/site/brahuilb/

Dravidian languages

Badaga, Brahui, Gondi, Jatapu, Kannada, Kodava, Kolam, Konda, Koya, Kurukh, Malayalam, Mukha Dora, Savara, Sunuwar, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, Yerukula

Other languages written with the Arabic script

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