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Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
by Guest Sun Feb 19, 2017 8:42 am
In a piece written some years ago, the political commentator and writer Mohan Guruswamy talks of meeting Baloch children on a visit to New Delhi. The children were evidently surprised when they discovered that uru and arisi were words that meant village and rice in their tongue as well as in Tamil, a language that Mohan Guruswamy understood. In the same piece, Guruswamy also talks of his father, who served in Quetta before Partition, hearing a language spoken by some of the employees that sounded vaguely like Tamil. The children and the employees in question were both Brahui speakers.
Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by close to 2 million mostly in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Besides Pakistani, small groups of Brahui speakers are also found in Irani Balochistan, Afghanistan and in and around the Marw oasis in Turkmenistan. The language doesn’t have any connections with those spoken around it, but is connected to the Dravidian tongues of distant southern India. ...
The Brahuis as a people first appear in history around the 17th century when the Khanate of Kalat became an independent principality. Prior to that, it is conjectured that they were under Mughal rule though very little historical evidence exists. In attempting to explain to how a Dravidian language came to be in an area completely surrounded by Indo-Aryan languages, some experts opine that the Brahuis are the descendants of the people of the Indus Valley civilization which is supposed to have been Dravidian. When the civilization disappeared for reasons that are still obscure, a group made its way westward to Balochistan where they preserved their ancient language. Another theory contends that the Brahuis moved to their current area around the 12th century. Conclusive proof exists for neither theory.
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Brahui is a Dravidian language spoken by close to 2 million mostly in the Pakistani province of Balochistan. Besides Pakistani, small groups of Brahui speakers are also found in Irani Balochistan, Afghanistan and in and around the Marw oasis in Turkmenistan. The language doesn’t have any connections with those spoken around it, but is connected to the Dravidian tongues of distant southern India. ...
The Brahuis as a people first appear in history around the 17th century when the Khanate of Kalat became an independent principality. Prior to that, it is conjectured that they were under Mughal rule though very little historical evidence exists. In attempting to explain to how a Dravidian language came to be in an area completely surrounded by Indo-Aryan languages, some experts opine that the Brahuis are the descendants of the people of the Indus Valley civilization which is supposed to have been Dravidian. When the civilization disappeared for reasons that are still obscure, a group made its way westward to Balochistan where they preserved their ancient language. Another theory contends that the Brahuis moved to their current area around the 12th century. Conclusive proof exists for neither theory.
http://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/lWCoIZ2K5dPycrhS1gk6nJ/A-slice-of-south-India-in-Balochistan.html
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Re: Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
by Kayalvizhi Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:18 am
Rashmun,
change the title from
Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
to A slice of Tamil in Balochistan
If it was Sanskrit, Hindian gov would have allocated 1000s of crores of Rs to study it but it is Tamil. Who gives a damn of the culture and language of these slaves?
change the title from
Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistanto
A slice of Tamil in BalochistanIf it was Sanskrit, Hindian gov would have allocated 1000s of crores of Rs to study it but it is Tamil. Who gives a damn of the culture and language of these slaves?
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Re: Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
by Guest Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:44 am
Kayalvizhi wrote:Rashmun,
change the title from
to
If it was Sanskrit, Hindian gov would have allocated 1000s of crores of Rs to study it but it is Tamil. Who gives a damn of the culture and language of these slaves?
since most brahui speakers outside India are in Pakistan, the only way for India to give funding for the development of Brahui in Pakistan at least is by giving funds to the Pakistani Govt. A legitimate concern is whether the funds given by India would actually be used on Brahui or on something.
Once India and Pakistan are reunited what you propose will surely be done.
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Re: Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
by Kayalvizhi Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:36 pm
Once TN is independent, we will fund the Brahui etymological research projectRashmun wrote:
Once India and Pakistan are reunited what you propose will surely be done.
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Re: Synthesis: A slice of South India in Balochistan
by Guest Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:40 pm
Kayalvizhi wrote:Once TN is independent, we will fund the Brahui etymological research projectRashmun wrote:
Once India and Pakistan are reunited what you propose will surely be done.
Dream on. Brahuis and Tamils are brothers and they will come together as part of one country once again.
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