Ans: Brahvi:
In Pakistan, the majority of the people speaking the Brahvi language are
living in the Kaiat regions and its surrounding areas in the province of
Balochistan. Brahvi is commonly written in the Persian and Arabic script.
Folk literature is present in this language of which the story of Laila Mor is
more famous. In the eighteenth century, Malik Dada wrote ‘Tohfa tul Ajaib’
which is considered to be the first precious standard literature in the Brahvi
language. After this, Maulana Nabu Khan and Maulana Muhammad Dinpuri
prominently added to the great literary treasures of this language.
In the Brahvi language, side by side with the translations of the Holy Quran,
the writings on different religious topics are also present. Furthermore,
newspaper and magazines have been published in it too. The great Brahvi
I writers include Doctor Abdur Rahman Brahvi, Nadir Qambrani Piral
Muhammad Zubairani etc. For education and research in this language, the
department of Brahvi is established in the Balochistan University. The Brahvi
Academy set up in Quetta is playing an important role in promoting the
Brahvi language and literature..