Word info

Brahui

Speech parts

1. Brahui - Noun

2. Brahui - Proper noun

Meaning

an isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan

a member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan

Source: WordNet

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Examples

Consonants are also very similar to those of Balochi, but Brahui has more fricatives and nasals (Elfenbein 1993). Source: Internet

Due to the tribal lifestyle of many Baloch and Brahui people, animal husbandry and trading bazaars found throughout the province are important. Source: Internet

However it has now been demonstrated that the Brahui could only have migrated to Balochistan from central India after 1000 CE. Source: Internet

Orthography Brahui is the only Dravidian language which has not been written in a Brahmi -based script; instead, it is written in the Arabic script since the second half of the 20th century. Source: Internet

The Brahui Speaking Baloch arrived in the Qalat area at around the same time as the Balochi speaking Baloch tribes from the west. Source: Internet

The absence of any older Iranian (Avestan) loanwords in Brahui supports this hypothesis. Source: Internet

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