Editing Brahui language (section)

==Phonology==
Brahui vowels show a partial length distinction between long {{IPA|/aː eː iː oː uː/}} and [[diphthong]]s {{IPA|/aɪ̯ aʊ̯/}} and short {{IPA|/a i u/}}. Brahui does not have short /e, o/ due to influence from neighbouring Indo-Aryan and Iranic languages, the PD short *e was replaced by a, ē and i, and ∗o by ō, u and a in root syllables.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=118}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+[[Vowels]]
!
![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
![[Close vowel|Close]]
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}
|
|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}
|-
![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPA link|e|eː}}
|
|{{IPA link|o|oː}}
|-
![[Open vowel|Open]]
|
|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|aː}}
|
|}

Brahui consonants show patterns of retroflexion but lack the [[Aspirated consonant|aspiration]] distinctions found in surrounding languages and include several [[fricatives]] such as the [[voiceless lateral fricative]] {{IPA|[ɬ]}}, a sound not otherwise found in the region.{{sfn|Bashir|2016|p=274}}
Consonants are also very similar to those of Balochi, but Brahui has more fricatives and nasals (Elfenbein 1993).
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+[[Consonants]]
!
!colspan=2|[[Labial consonant|Labial]]
!colspan=2|[[Dental consonant|Dental]]{{break}}[[Alveolar consonant|alveolar]]
!colspan=2|[[Retroflex consonant|Retroflex]]
!colspan=2|[[Palato-alveolar consonant|Palato-{{break}}alveolar]]
!colspan=2|[[Velar consonant|Velar]]
!colspan=2|[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|m}}
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|n}}
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɳ}}
|colspan=2|
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|({{IPA link|ŋ}})
|colspan=2|
|-
![[Stop consonant|Stop]]
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|p}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|b}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|t}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|d}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|ʈ}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɖ}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|t͡ʃ}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|d͡ʒ}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|k}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɡ}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|ʔ}}||style=border-left:0|
|-
![[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|f}}||style=border-left:0|
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|s}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|z}}
|colspan=2|
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|ʃ}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ʒ}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|x}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɣ}}
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|h}}||style=border-left:0|
|-
![[Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
|colspan=2|
|style=border-right:0|{{IPA link|ɬ}}||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|l}}
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|-
![[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
|colspan=2|
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɾ}}
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|ɽ}}
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|-
![[Glide consonant|Glide]]
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|colspan=2|
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|j}}
|style=border-right:0| ||style=border-left:0|{{IPA link|w}} 
|colspan=2|
|}

* {{IPA|[h]}} of north corresponds to a glottal stop of south initially and intervocalically. Before a C in word-final position it is lost. Non-phonemic glottal stop before word-initial vowels, e.g. hust (N), ʔust (S) 'heart'.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=77}}
* {{IPA|[ɬ]}} and {{IPA|[l]}} vary freely in many cases; contrast is limited to two or three items. Conditions for the emergence of {{IPA|[ɬ]}} are not clear.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=77}}
* {{IPA|/ɽ/}} does not occur word-initially. {{IPA|/r/}} → {{IPA|/ɽ/}} before {{IPA|/t d s z/}} in northern Brahui (Elfenbein 1998: 394), e.g. xūrt → xūṛt 'tiny'.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=77}}
* The consonants {{IPA|[p t k]}} freely alternate with aspirated counterparts in the northeast. Aspirated stops word-initially occur in loanwords in the south, where they freely vary with unaspirated stops.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=77}}
* {{IPA|[ŋ]}} occurs before velar stops {{IPA|/k, g/}}.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=58}}
* Brahui preserves the PD laryngeal *{{IPA|/H/}} as {{IPA|/h/}} in some words e.g. PD. *caH- ~ *ceH- > Br. kah-.{{sfn|Krishnamurti|2003|p=118}}

===Stress===
Stress in Brahui follows a quantity-based pattern, occurring either on the first long vowel or diphthong, or on the first syllable if all vowels are short.