Brahvi

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Brahvi is an alternative name for the Brahui language, a Dravidian language spoken primarily in Pakistan’s Balochistan region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brahvi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Brahui → hasAlternativeName → Brahvi ⓘ