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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "kishore mohan"
<kishore_future@...> wrote:
> There is a language called brahuii in balucistan. It closely
> resembles Tamil but it is not a dravidian langauge. it is a dardic
> language. Similiarly, in the same belt, the kashmiri is a dardic
> language.
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I have never seen any authority who doubts that Brahui is a
Dravidian language. If not, why does "it closely resemble Tamil"?
Dardic is a somewhat suspect grouping. See
http://www.monitor.net/~jmko/karakoram/dard.htm
for what appears to be a sensible discussion of its validity. But
all the languages considered part of the Dardic group are Indo-
Iranian, and Brahui is not.
Dan Milton