TerraverbaAn atlas of the world’s languages 简体中文 Open the atlas

Brahui

براہوئی

Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, by about 1.8 million people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

See it on the globeOpen in the family tree

Brahui · 29.0°N 66.6°E

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 modern-day 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.

It is also spoken by smaller communities in Iranian Baluchestan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan (around Merv). Expatriate Brahvi communities also exist in Iraq, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Brahvi is the only Dravidian language that is primarily written in the Arabic script. It is also written in the Latin script.

From Wikipedia · Brahvi language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Brahui

MeaningWordRomanization
fatherbaawa
waterdīr
stonexal
treedaraxt
louseboḍ
oneasiŧ
twoiraŧ
threemusiŧ
whatanth
eatkunak
drinkkunak
comebarr
milkpalle

Most similar languages

Vocabulary

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

Nearby languages

Elsewhere

Something wrong here? Tell us

Glottolog · brah1256 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · brh