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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Brahvi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian language
language
alternativeNameOf Brahui language
linked to: Brahui
belongsToSubgroup Northern Dravidian
hasAlternativeName Brahui
Brahvi language
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
linked to: Dravidian languages
hasLanguageStatus vulnerable
hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Balochi
Persian
linked to: Persian language

Sindhi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasMajorContactLanguage Balochi
Sindhi
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature retroflex consonants
hasScript Arabic script
linked to: Arabic alphabet

Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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
spokenInCountry Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Turkmenistan
spokenInProvince Balochistan, Pakistan
spokenInRegion Balochistan
usedAs vernacular language in Balochistan
usedInDomain folk literature
local media in Balochistan
oral tradition

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Brahui hasAlternativeName Brahvi