Dehwari language

Dehwari
Dehwari
?????? ; Dehw?r?
Native to	Pakistan
Region	Balochistan province : Kalat and Mastung
Ethnicity	Dehwar
Native speakers	19,000 (2018)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Iranian Western Iranian Southwestern Iranian Persian Dehwari ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Persian Middle Persian ;
Writing system	Persian alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	deh
Glottolog	dehw1238

Dehwari ( ?????? , Dehw?r?) is a southwestern Persian language spoken by 19,000 Dehwar people in Balochistan , Pakistan as of 2018. ^[1] Most of the Dehwari speakers are concentrated in Mastung , Khuzdar , Nushk , Kharan , Sarlath District, Dalbandin , and Kalat .

Influence on Brahui [ edit ]

Dehwari was introduced to the Brahui in the seventeenth century and the modern-day language uses many Dehwari loanwords in its vocabulary. ^[2]

Brahui influence [ edit ]

In turn, Brahui has heavily influenced the language, which has made Dehwari a Persian dialect under heavy Brahui influence. ^[3] This has made Dehwari speakers bilingual in both Dehwari and Brahui, and some in Balochi , Urdu , and even English . ^[4]

Drop in Speakers [ edit ]

The drop of speakers in Dehwari was recorded in the 1921 Indian Census , with Pashto facing the same consequences in Kalat and Mastung. ^[5] And in the 1931 Indian Census , the Dehwari population outside of Kalat and Mastung was only 1,795. ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b Dehwari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Sani, Liaquat Ali (2018). "Brahui as Native Language for a Native Dehwari Child. A case study of under Three-year old Child at Ishkina, District Mastung" (PDF) . XXXIX . University of Balochistan, Quetta (Pakistan). {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )
^ "Balochi Language & Literature" .
^ "Balochi is the principal language" . 25 February 2011.
^ Egye, E. H. H. (1921). Census of India, 1921 (4 ed.). Government Central Press, 1923. p. 83.
^ Census of India, 1931 (Volume 1, Part 2 ed.). Government of India central publication branch, 1933. 1931. p. 511.

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[e25-1] Dehwari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[Dehwari_and_Brahui-2] Sani, Liaquat Ali (2018). "Brahui as Native Language for a Native Dehwari Child. A case study of under Three-year old Child at Ishkina, District Mastung" (PDF) . XXXIX . University of Balochistan, Quetta (Pakistan). {{ cite journal }}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help )

[3] "Balochi Language & Literature" .

[4] "Balochi is the principal language" . 25 February 2011.

[5] Egye, E. H. H. (1921). Census of India, 1921 (4 ed.). Government Central Press, 1923. p. 83.

[6] Census of India, 1931 (Volume 1, Part 2 ed.). Government of India central publication branch, 1933. 1931. p. 511.

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