Who are the #Brahui people?
They are considered the only (and the last) Dravidians of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

0:00 Intro
0:25 Main Dravidian peoples
1:12 Brahui people - Location
1:52 Where do the Brahuis come from?
2:49 First theory - Dravidian migration to India
3:50 Second theory - Dravidian migration from India
4:30 Etymology
4:55 Linguistic aspects of Brahui language
6:08 Threats to survival of Brahui language
6:54 Usage of Brahui in Education and Media
7:22 Brahui literature
7:50 Brahui script
8:07 Brahui - an endangered language



Their total estimated number is just under 3 million. Most of them, about 2.6 million, live in Pakistan in the province of #Balochistan.
In Afghanistan, although official numbers are difficult to find, it is estimated that there are around 200,000 nomads or semi-nomads of the Brahui ethnic group, located in the southern province of Kandahar.

Alongside these larger and more consistent groups, Brahui communities are found even further west. For example, in Iran, precisely in the eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, bordering Pakistan. Here they are estimated to be a few tens of thousands, about 20,000.

However, very surprisingly, a small Brahui community is also present in Turkmenistan, in the oasis of Merv, at the gates of the ancient silk road.

Beyond the numerical factor, the most important question is: who are the Brahuis, what is their history? Are they really the last descendants of the Dravidian people, and therefore the confirmation of the #Dravidian presence throughout the Subcontinent before the arrival of the Aryans? Or, otherwise, are the descendants of migratory groups who moved here from other parts of India, thus refuting, in whole or in part, the theory of the Aryan invasion?

Let's analyze these and other questions concerning the Dravidians of Pakistan and Afghanistan in this video!

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