[Lgpolicy-list] [lg policy] Fwd: Request for the message for International conference on Brahui language and culture

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Sikander Brohi <sikanderbrohi at pdi.org.pk>

 International conference on Brahui language and culture





Brahui Academy Pakistan, jointly with Allama Iqbal Open University and
Participatory Development Initiatives (PDI) is organizing two day
International Conference on Brahui Language and Culture on January 17-18,
2015 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Leading scholars and researchers from Pakistan
and abroad would present their papers on Brahui language and culture and
would present their suggestions on how to preserve and revive this ancient
Dravidian language of Pakistan.



Brahui is one of the ancient languages of Asia, being spoken by about 9
million people in Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Brahui is the only 7000
years old proto Dravidian language in Pakistan. *Harapa*, *Mehr Garh*
and *Mohan
Jo Daro* are the oldest civilizations where Brahui was probably spoken
before the arrival of Aryans in the subcontinent.  However, according to a
warning issued by UNESCO in 2009 Brahui is endangered language under the
threat of the extinction.



You are requested to please honor us by sending you message for this
important international conference. The message would be published in the
conference sovenier and would also be read out in the conference
proceedings



Looking for your kind response

 Regards

Sikander Brohi




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*Sikander Brohi*
*Executive Director *

*PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES [PDI]*

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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