Brahvi
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Brahvi is an alternative name for the Brahui language, a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Balochistan region.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeNameOf | Brahui language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSubgroup | Northern Dravidian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Brahui
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brahvi language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasConsonantInventoryFeature | contrast between dental and retroflex stops ⓘ |
| hasEndangermentFactor |
language shift to Balochi
ⓘ
language shift to Urdu ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedSpeakers | around 2.5 million ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | brah1255 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-2Code | brah ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | brh ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Dravidian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom |
Balochi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorContactLanguage |
Balochi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sindhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | retroflex consonants ⓘ |
| hasScript |
Arabic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin script NERFINISHED ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation |
bilingualism with Balochi common
ⓘ
bilingualism with Urdu common ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalFeature |
postpositions instead of prepositions
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ |
| hasVowelInventoryFeature | short and long vowels ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| isGeographicallyIsolatedFrom | other Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| spokenByEthnicGroup | Brahui people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInProvince | Balochistan, Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language in Balochistan ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
folk literature
ⓘ
local media in Balochistan ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
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