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Definition of Brahui

1. Noun. A member of a Dravidian people living in Pakistan.

2. Noun. An isolated Dravidian language spoken by the Brahui in Pakistan.

Definition of Brahui

1. Proper noun. a pastoral people of Eastern Baluchistan ¹

2. Proper noun. the Dravidian language of this people ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahui

Brahmaputras Brahmas Brahmenism Brahmi Brahmic Brahmin Brahminism Brahmins Brahmo Brahmo Samaj

Brahmoes Brahmoism Brahmos Brahms Brahui (current term) Braiden Braille Brailsford Brailsford-Morquio disease Brain's reflex

Brajesh Bram Stoker Brama Brama raii Bramah press Bramah presses Bramante

Literary usage of Brahui

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"A remarkable analogy between the Brahui and the Dravidian languages ia ... In Brahui ten is similarly used, not ad a particle, nor only as an adverb, ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"A remarkable analogy between the Brahui and the Dravidian languages is ... In Brahui ten is similarly used, not as a particle, nor only as an adverb, ..."

3. The Science of Language: Linguistics, Philology, Etymology by Abel Hovelacque (1877)
"... (south-west of Calcutta), would seem, like Sinhalese, to be independent of the Dravidian group. (3) Brahui, Spoken ..."

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