| Dehwari | |
|---|---|
| دهواری Dehwārī | |
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| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Balochistan province:Kalat andMastung |
| Ethnicity | Dehwar,Brahui |
Native speakers | 19,000 (2018)[1] |
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Early forms | |
| Persian alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | deh |
| Glottolog | dehw1238 |
Dehwari (دهواری, Dehwārī) is a southwesternPersian language spoken by 19,000Dehwar people inBalochistan,Pakistan as of 2018.[1] Most of the Dehwari speakers are concentrated inMastung,Khuzdar,Nushk,Kharan, Sarlath District,Dalbandin, andKalat.
Dehwari was introduced to theBrahui in the seventeenth century and the modern-day language uses many Dehwari loanwords in its vocabulary.[2]
In turn,Brahui has heavily influenced the language, which has made Dehwari a Persian dialect containing heavy Brahui (Dravidian)adstratum.[3] This has made Dehwari speakers bilingual in both Dehwari and Brahui, and some inBalochi,Urdu, and evenEnglish.[4]
The drop of speakers in Dehwari was recorded in the1921 Indian Census, with Pashto facing the same consequences in Kalat and Mastung.[5] And in the1931 Indian Census, the Dehwari population outside of Kalat and Mastung was only 1,795.[6]
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