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Brahui language may be closet living relative of Elamite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahui_language

https://github.com/pannous/swadesh/blob/master/Dravidian.tsv

The relationship becomes most evident in the pronouns: Elamite Brahui Meaning u, hu ای /iː/ I ni, nu نی /niː/ nǐ 你 (you) e او ō he ni-ka nan nous (we) num num nimen 你门 (yous) 𒉡𒌝 num 𒉡𒈪 numi 𒉡𒈬𒌦 numuun

Other noteworthy pronouns: e, i (in,ir) "he, his, him, her" (ihn, ihr; er) ù-me me mich ú-in ú-ni-na mein mine un-ra (ein)jeder asi "one" 1

And in a plethora of cognates (according to McAlpin, Southworth) Doubtful methodology: McAlpin connects kēraɣ <> šara but also daŕ- 'to descend' with šá-ar.ki-si Taburaum Many "WTF" moments in his ad hoc connections, way too much semantic leeway.

Some example correspondences between Brahui and Elamite (with near exact meaning and sound) are sound.

For the majority of historical linguists, the Elamo-Dravidian hypothesis remains unproven

Excessive borrowing of Baluchi/Shind/Persian loans makes a linguistic comparison of vocabulary difficult.

𓃙 hēŧ hid kid goat, she-goat 𒄭𒁺 hi-du hidu sheep, ewe <> cattle @ Elamite / Brahui

𓐍 𓊪 𓂋 𓆣 | take place / 𓌂 √hil √heɬ √haɬ take, take from, accept

𓌪 𓂝 √xal kill / keil @ Elamite / Brahui <> 𓋴 𓂝 𓂋 𓈎 𓍼 𓌪 𓂡

𓎟 gih giɽ giŕ "whole, all, one" 𒃻𒃻𒊏;𒂵𒂵𒊏 gar-gar-ra ga-ga-ra gagara 𓎟 whole <> one ki,kir,kik:one kirmaka:whole

𒆜 kasar 'way, path, road' @ Brahui

𓌨𓂋 kēraɣ 'lower side, bottom; low; under' @ Brahui 𓌨𓂋 ≈ 𒃻𒊏 šara 'under, below, down' @ Elamite

𓂞 √tun 'give' √tin/tir 'give' 𓂧 𓅱 𓂡 give, place

zí-in child (Kleinkind, Säugling) cunā 'child' kin

𓋴𓆭 šišār 'a tree' @ Brahui "'A' … never enough!!"

sugguŕ 'bard, poet' @ Brahui <> 𒋗𒆪𒊑 šu-ku-ri šukuri singer <> šukkit speech, talk, word @ Elamite

𒀜 𒁕 ᶠad-da ᶠadda fodder, animal food ađđina 'a fodder grass' Elamite / Brahui