Barashan

Barashan (يال بارشاني; Yaal Baarashaani [jaːl barəʃaːniː]) or Barashan Dajankagrash (يال داجئگقاغراشيال بارشاني; Yaal Daajengqaaghraashyaal Baarashaani [jaːl daːʒeŋqaːɣraʃʲaːl barəʃaːniː]) is a variety of the Dajankagrash language spoken by the majority of the Dajankagrash people in northern and central Obanacia and spoken by a handful in Dajankagru. Despite being a dialect of Dajankagrash, even the standard form of the language is constitutionally recognized as Barashan in Obanacia. The Dajankagrash people in the country always referred to their language as Barashan rather than Dajankagrash, after adding Obanaciac words in their vocabulary, although scholars before considered it as a dialect rather than a language on its own. One of the language's most important scholars, Faarid Anas, stated in 1831 that Barashan is not a dialect of Dajankagrash, and should be recognized as a different language.

Etymology
After several Dajankagrash people migrated to Obanacia in the 14th century, they began calling their mother tongue 'Barashan', which originated from Obanasiac languages, as they preferred to distance themselves from the mainstream Dajankagrash ethnicity. The word, in most Obanasiac languages, means 'divine', as the local Hajors at the time referred to the Dajankagrash people as 'Barashan' as it is believed that some of the Nutaderrami gods were Dajankagrash themselves.

Until the 1940s, the Obanacian governments have recognized Barashan as a dialect of Dajankagrash. The Barashan dialect was later recognized as a working language in 1943 and later gained official status in 1983 as a language on its own.