Brahui people

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The Brahui people are a Dravidian-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting central and eastern Balochistan, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions amid predominantly Iranian-language neighbors.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Brahui people canonical 9
Brahui 6

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dravidian people
ethnic group
associatedRegion Kalat
Quetta region
linked to: Quetta
associatedWith Khanate of Kalat
bilingualismCommonWith Balochi language
linked to: Balochi

Sindhi language
linked to: Sindhi

Urdu language
concentratedIn central Balochistan
eastern Balochistan
culturalPractice clan-based structure
oral tradition
tribal social organization
culturalRegion Greater Balochistan
South Asia
ethnolinguisticMinorityIn Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
ethnonymLanguage Brahui language
geopoliticalContext border regions of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran
heritage Dravidian linguistic heritage
historicalLanguageContact Balochi language
linked to: Balochi

Pashto language
Persian language
languageFamily Dravidian languages
linguisticIsolation Dravidian language enclave in an Iranian-language area
locatedIn Afghanistan
Balochistan
Iran
Pakistan
majorityReligionInCommunity Sunni Islam
minorityStatus linguistic minority in Balochistan
neighboringEthnicGroups Baloch people
Pashtun people
linked to: Pashtuns
neighboringLanguageFamily Iranian languages
partOf Dravidian-speaking world
primaryLanguage Brahui language
linked to: Brahui
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
religiousLawTradition Hanafi school
selfDesignationLanguage Brahui
traditionalLivelihood agriculture
animal husbandry
pastoralism
writingSystem Arabic script
Perso-Arabic script

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) language Brahui
linked to: Brahui people
Chagai District hasMajorLocalLanguage Brahui
subject linked to: Chagai, Balochistan
linked to: Brahui people
Dravidian languages majorLanguage Brahui
linked to: Brahui people
Chagai District languageUsed Brahui
subject linked to: Chagai
linked to: Brahui people
Quetta majorEthnicGroup Brahui people
Chagai District ethnicGroup Brahui
linked to: Brahui people
Dravidian peoples majorEthnicGroup Brahui people
Brahui spokenBy Brahui people
Brahui ethnicGroupAssociated Brahui people
Western Pakistan hasEthnicGroup Brahui
subject linked to: western Pakistan
linked to: Brahui people
Kalat ethnicCenterOf Brahui people
Kalat majorEthnicGroup Brahui people
Pakistani people ethnicGroup Brahui people