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Brahui (Br�hu� / ?????)

Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by about 2.2 million people mainly in the
Balochistan region of Pakistan. There are also speakers in Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
Qatar, Turkmenistan and the UAE. Brahui belong to the northern subfamily of
Dravidian languages and is related to Kurukh and Malto, and has been influenced by
Balochi and other Iranian languages. Brahui has three dialects: Kalat Brahui,
Jharavan Brahui and Saravan Brahui.

Brahui has no official status, and is not used in education or government

administration. However there is a newspaper in Brahui called Hafta� Tal�r. Few
Brahui-speakers can read and write their language.

Brahui is written with a version of the Arabic script, and also with a version of
the Latin alphabet known as Brolikva or Brahui Roman Likvar, which was developed by
the Brahui Language Board (Br�hu� B�s�gal Brolikva) of the University of
Balochistan in Quetta.

Arabic alphabet for Brahui

Arabic alphabet for Brahui

?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ? and ? are only used in Arabic loanwords.

Latin alphabet for Brahui

Latin alphabet for Brahui

Download an alphabet chart for Brahui (Excel)

Information about Brahui pronunciation supplied by Wolfram Siegel and Michael Peter
F�stumum

Brahui is quite distantly related to other Dravidian Languages. Geographically

Brahui is an outlier. The major Dravidian Languages are spoken mainly in southern
India. Some cognates between Brahui and other Dravidian Languages exist:

Brahui ira musi dir ba banning

Kannada eradu muru niru bai ba
English two three water mouth to come
Information supplied by Krishna Rao

Sample text
Arabic alphabet
?????? ???????? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??????? ????? ???????. ????? ????? ?? ???
??? ??????????. ???????? ???? ???? ???? ??? ???????? ?? ?????????? ??.

Latin alphabet
Mucc� ins�nk �jo o izzat n� rid at barebar vad� massuno. Ofte puh� o dal�l
raseng�ne. and�de ofte asi elo ton �lum� e vaddifo� e.

Brahui version provided by Professor Liaqat Sani of the Brahui Language Board, from
the University of Quetta in Baluchistan. Arabic script version provided by Michael
Peter F�stumum

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed
with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of
brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Links
Information about Brahui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/?????
http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207

Brahui Language Board

https://sites.google.com/site/brahuilb/

Dravidian languages
Badaga, Brahui, Gondi, Irula, Jatapu, Kannada, Kodava, Kolam, Konda, Koya, Kurukh,
Malayalam, Mukha Dora, Sankethi, Savara, Sunuwar, Suriyani Malayalam, Tamil,
Telugu, Toda, Tulu, Yerukula

Languages written with the Arabic script

Adamaua Fulfulde, Afrikaans, Arabic (Algerian), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic
(Lebanese), Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic (Moroccan), Arabic (Syrian), Arabic
(Tunisian), Arwi, �ynu, Azeri, Balti, Baluchi, Beja, Bosnian, Brahui, Chagatai,
Chechen, Comorian, Crimean Tatar, Dari, Domari, Gilaki, Hausa, Hazaragi, Kabyle,
Karakalpak, Konkani, Kashmiri, Kazakh, Khowar, Khorasani Turkic, Kurdish, Kyrgyz,
Luri, Malay, Marwari, Mandekan, Mazandarani, Morisco, Palula, Pashto,
Persian/Farsi, Punjabi, Qashqai, Rajasthani, Rohingya, Salar, Saraiki, Serer,
Shabaki, Shina, Shughni, Sindhi, Somali, Tatar, Tausug, Torwali, Turkish, Urdu,
Uyghur, Uzbek, Wakhi, Wolof

If you need to type in many different languages, the Q International Keyboard can
help. If enables you to type almost any language that uses the Latin, Cyrillic or
Greek alphabets, and is free.

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