Brahvi

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Brahvi is an alternative name for the Brahui language, a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Balochistan region.

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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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Brahui hasAlternativeName Brahvi