BRAHUI: a language of Pakistan

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: BRH

ISO 639-2: dra

Population	2,000,000 in Pakistan (1998), 1.2% of the population. Population total all countries 2,210,000.
Region	South central, Quetta and Kalat region, east Baluchistan and Sind provinces. Also spoken in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkmenistan.
Alternate names	BRAHUIDI, BIRAHUI, BRAHUIGI, KUR GALLI
Dialects	JHARAWAN, KALAT, SARAWAN.
Classification	Dravidian, Northern.
Comments	Kalat is the standard dialect, Jharawan is lowland. Some bilingualism in Western Balochi. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: Below 5%. Nastaliq script used. Pastoralists. Muslim. Bible portions 1905-1978.

Also spoken in:

Afghanistan

Language name	BRAHUI
Population	200,000 in Afghanistan (1980 Dupree).
Alternate names	BRAHUIKI, BIRAHUI, KUR GALLI
Comments	Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Pastoralists. Muslim. Bible portions 1905-1978. See main entry under Pakistan.

Iran

Language name	BRAHUI
Population	10,000 in Iran (1983).
Alternate names	BRAHUDI, BIRAHUI, KUR GALLI
Dialects	JHARAWAN, KALAT, SARAWAN.
Comments	Kalat is standard dialect, Jharawan is lowland. Brahui in Iran are reported to speak Western Baluchi now. Pastoralists. Muslim. Bible portions 1905-1978. See main entry under Pakistan.