Brahui

Also known as brh, Brahui language

Dravidian language spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan

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Brahui is a language spoken by communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan that belongs to the Dravidian language family, which is primarily found in southern India. It is notable because it represents an unusual geographical outlier of the Dravidian language group, existing far from where most related languages are spoken.

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Commons category: Brahui language
Wikimedia language code: brh
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 1800000
native label: Bráhuí
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#Brahui
Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wn/brh
entry in abbreviations table: برا

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Brahvi (براہوی, Brāhvī, [braːhʋiː]), also spelled Brahui (براہوئی, Brāhū'ī, [braːhu.iː]), is a north Dravidian language primarily spoken by the Brahvi people native to the central-southern regions of Balochistan, Pakistan.

It is geographically isolated from other Dravidian languages, with the nearest being over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) away in South India. Brahvi constitutes a majority in the districts of Kalat, Khuzdar, Mastung, Quetta, Bolan, Nasirabad, Nushki, and Kharan.