Dehwari language

Dehwari (دهواری, Dehwārī) 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.

[2] In turn, Brahui has heavily influenced the language, which has made Dehwari a Persian dialect under heavy Brahui influence.

[4] 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.