Langenesis

Dravidian family

Brahui

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Brahui (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Dravidian language. Lineage: Proto-Dravidian → Brahui.

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Speakers
2.8M (2,800,000)
ISO 639-3
brh
Glottocode
brah1256

North Dravidian language of Balochistan, isolated far from other Dravidian languages. Whether it is a relic of a prehistoric Dravidian presence or a later (~1000 CE) migration is debated.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Dravidianc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Brahuic. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Dravidian.

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