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Indo-Aryan languages

The Indo-Aryan languages (or sometimes Indic languages) are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family. As of the early 21st century, there were 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus River in South Asia, spread across Eastern Pakistan, Northern India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and…

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Geographic distribution
South Asia, Europe
Glottolog
indo1321
ISO 639-2 / 5
inc
Linguasphere
(phylozone) 59= (phylozone)
Linguistic classification
Indo-IranianIndo-Aryan · Indo-Aryan
Native speakers
(est. 800 million cited 2000's)

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  • IPA International Phonetic Alphabet

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Indo-Aryan languages

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Indo-Aryan languages

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related to Further reading · 83
Indo-Aryan languages → Acta Iranica, Africa, An, Ann Arbor, Aryan, Ashutosh Prakashan Sansthan, Asia, Bagchi, Bangali, Bengali, Berlin, Byomkes, Calcutta, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Chakrabarti, Charles University, Co, Colin, Commemoration Cyrus
related to Register · 10
Indo-Aryan languages → Bengali's, Calita, Cholito-bhasha, In, Indo-Aryan, One, Perso-Arabic, Sanskrit, Sādhū, This
Subdivisions · 8
Indo-Aryan languages → Central, Dardic, Eastern, Northern, Northwestern, Southern, Unclassified: • Bhariati • Bazigar • Chinali–Lahuli • Sheikhgal • Mitanni, Western
related to Vowels · 8
Indo-Aryan languages → Dardic, Indo-Aryan, Many, Masica, Punjabi, Sylheti, The, Vowel
related to External links · 7
Indo-Aryan languages → Colin, February, Indo-Aryan, MasicaSurvey, October, Rajesh Bhatt, The Indo-Aryan
related to Theories · 6
Indo-Aryan languages → Because, Indo-Aryan, New Indo-Aryan, The, The Indo-Aryan, There
related to Consonants · 5
Indo-Aryan languages → IPA, Masica, New Indo-Aryan, Parentheses, The
Linguistic classification · 2
Indo-Aryan languages → Indo-Aryan, Indo-IranianIndo-Aryan
Geographic distribution · 1
Indo-Aryan languages → South Asia, Europe
Glottolog · 1
Indo-Aryan languages → indo1321

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indo-aryan languages language romani india sanskrit eastern western hindustani hindi dardic middle spoken dialects central northwestern bce early prakrits vedic

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Indo-Aryan languagesGeographic distributionSouth Asia, Europe1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesGlottologindo13211.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesISO 639-2 / 5inc1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesLinguasphere(phylozone) 59= (phylozone)1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesLinguistic classificationIndo-IranianIndo-Aryan1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesLinguistic classificationIndo-Aryan1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesNative speakers(est. 800 million cited 2000's)1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesProto-languageProto-Indo-Aryan1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsCentral1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsDardic1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsEastern1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsNorthern1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsNorthwestern1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsSouthern1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsWestern1.00infobox
Indo-Aryan languagesSubdivisionsUnclassified: • Bhariati • Bazigar • Chinali–Lahuli • Sheikhgal • Mitanni1.00infobox

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