Brahui language
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The Brahui language is mainly spoken in Balochistan, Pakistan, although also in Afghanistan and Iran by the Brahui. It reportedly [1] has about two million speakers in Pakistan (1998), and a tenth that number elsewhere. In Pakistan it is mainly spoken in the Kalat region of Balochistan.
Although it is a Dravidian language, it has been heavily influenced by the Iranian languages spoken in the area such as Balochi.
Brahui is generally considered to be a remnant of a formerly more widespread Dravidian language family that was reduced during the Indo-Aryan migration. It is also sometimes speculated that Brahui might be a direct legacy of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
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External links
- A site by Shafique-Ur-Rehman about Brahui language
- partial bibliography of scholarly works on Brahui
- English to Brahui word list
- Information of the translation of the Holy Bible into the Brahui language Includes text of John 1:1-10.
- Translation of the Holy Quran into the Brahui language (PDF)
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