Why is Brahui considered Dravidian?
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Why is Brahui considered Dravidian?
Pagani, et al., conclude that this shows that the Brahui, although speaking a Dravidian language, had their Dravidian genetic component completely replaced by Indo-Iranian speakers, suggesting that the Brahui are descendants of a previous relict population whose genomes were replaced when more recent Indo-Iranian …
Which Dravidian language spoken in Pakistan?
Brahui
Brahui language
| Brahui | |
|---|---|
| Region | Balochistan |
| Ethnicity | Brahui and Baloch |
| Native speakers | 2,567,677 in Pakistan (2017 Census) |
| Language family | Dravidian Northern Brahui |
Is Brahui a Dravidian?
The Brahui are the only Dravidian-speaking population in Pakistan, where they are surrounded by Indo-European speakers, and are well separated from all other extant Dravidian-speaking populations who currently reside in southern India and parts of Sri-Lanka.
Which Pakistani language belongs to the Dravidian family?
Brahui language, isolated member of the Dravidian languages that is spoken in south-central and western Pakistan. In the early 21st century Brahui was spoken by more than two million people.
Why is Brahui endangered?
Brahui has been affected by the lack of contact with other Dravidian languages family, by the contact with non-Dravidian languages and the multilingualism and minority status of the speakers. As a result, Brahui in Tom-Meyri village has preserved almost none of the ancient characteristics of Proto-Dravidian.
Where did proto-Dravidian come from?
Proto-Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages….Proto-Dravidian language.
| Proto-Dravidian | |
|---|---|
| Region | possibly Northwestern India or West Central India |
| Era | ca. 4th–3rd m. BCE |
| Lower-order reconstructions | Proto-South Dravidian |
Is Brahui language dying?
According to a 2009 Unesco report, Brahui is one of the 27 languages of Pakistan that is facing the danger of extinction.
What is the origin of the Brahui language?
Brahui ( / brəˈhuːi /; Brahui: براهوئی ) is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Brahui people in the central part of Balochistan Province, in Pakistan and in scattered parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan and by expatriate Brahui communities in Iraq, Qatar and United Arab Emirates.
How many Brahui people are there in Pakistan?
The 17th edition of Ethnologue states that there are 4.4million of native speaker of brahui among them 4 millon people living in pakistan.Brahui language is a unique language in pakistan which does not belongs to indo-aryan languages like sindhi,urudu,etc and indo-iranian languages like balochi… Which language is this?
Is Brahui a Dravidian language or a Kannada?
Brahui is classified as a Northern Dravidian’ language. Its lexicon is of mixed origin, it contains only 15\% Dravidian words. Although Brahui has been influenced massively by Balochi, it retains enough basic lexicon and morphology to identify it as Dravidian.
Which districts of Balochistan are predominantly Brahui-speaking?
The Kalat, Khuzdar, Mastung, Quetta, Bolan, Nasirabad, Noshki, and Kharan districts of Balochistan Province are predominantly Brahui-speaking. Brahui is also spoken in Sindh, mostly in Larkana and Nawabshah divisions.