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== 2. Brahui ==
 
== 2. Brahui ==
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Morphological typology: agglutinative <ref> http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207 </ref>
  
 
=== Basic Information ===
 
=== Basic Information ===
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* ISO Code:
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* ISO Code: brh <ref> https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh </ref>
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* Number of speakers:
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* Number of speakers: 2,430,000 <ref> https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh </ref>
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* Location:
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* Location: South central, Quetta and Kalat region, east Balochistan and Sindh provinces in Pakistan <ref> https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh </ref>
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* Other possible languages known by speakers:  
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* Other possible languages known by speakers: Western dialect of Baluchi <ref> http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207 </ref>
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* Status:
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* Orthography: Arabic script <ref> https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh </ref>
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==== Status ====
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The literacy rate in Brahui is low, and it does not have an official status. <ref>http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207</ref>
  
 
=== Text Availability ===
 
=== Text Availability ===
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The ''Daily Talar'' is a newspaper in Brahui, and there is poetry written in the language. <ref> http://talar.brahvimedia.net/?page=1 </ref> <ref> http://brahui.page.tl/Brahui-Poetry-Page-3.htm </ref> There is also a section of the Bible available in Brahui. <ref> https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_brh_gen-1 </ref>
  
 
== 3. Shan ==
 
== 3. Shan ==

Revision as of 23:36, 18 January 2017

1. Kalmyk-Oirat

Morphological typology: agglutinative [1]

Basic Information [2]

  • ISO Code: xal
  • Number of speakers: 360,800
  • Location: Kalmykia Republic, province of Russia
  • Other possible languages known by speakers: Russian
  • Orthography: Cyrillic script

Status

Kalmyk is classified as "definitely endangered" by UNESCO. A few children learn the language. It is the official language of the Kalmykia Republic along with Russian. [3] [4]

Text Availability

The Bible is available in Kalmyk. [5]

2. Brahui

Morphological typology: agglutinative [6]

Basic Information

  • ISO Code: brh [7]
  • Number of speakers: 2,430,000 [8]
  • Location: South central, Quetta and Kalat region, east Balochistan and Sindh provinces in Pakistan [9]
  • Other possible languages known by speakers: Western dialect of Baluchi [10]
  • Orthography: Arabic script [11]

Status

The literacy rate in Brahui is low, and it does not have an official status. [12]

Text Availability

The Daily Talar is a newspaper in Brahui, and there is poetry written in the language. [13] [14] There is also a section of the Bible available in Brahui. [15]

3. Shan

Morphological typology: agglutinative

Basic Information

  • ISO Code:
  • Number of speakers:
  • Location:
  • Other possible languages known by speakers:
  • Status:
  • Orthography:

Text Availability

  1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmyk_Oirat#Linguistic_classification
  2. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
  3. ↑ http://www.unesco.org/languages-atlas/index.php?hl=en&page=atlasmap&lid=368
  4. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/xal
  5. ↑ http://ibtrussia.org/en/ebook?id=KAL
  6. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
  7. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
  8. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
  9. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
  10. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
  11. ↑ https://www.ethnologue.com/language/brh
  12. ↑ http://lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?menu=004&LangID=207
  13. ↑ http://talar.brahvimedia.net/?page=1
  14. ↑ http://brahui.page.tl/Brahui-Poetry-Page-3.htm
  15. ↑ https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_brh_gen-1