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1 day ago · Linguistic research traces the connections between the various Indo-European languages, and reconstructs proto-Indo-European. Accumulated linguistic evidence points to the Indo-Aryan languages as intrusive into the Indian subcontinent, some time in the 2nd millennium BCE.
3 days ago · The Indo-Aryan languages preserve the three series unchanged but have evolved a fourth series of voiceless aspirated consonants. The Iranian languages probably passed through the same stage, subsequently changing the aspirated stops into fricatives. Greek converted the voiced aspirates into voiceless aspirates.
- † indicates this branch of the language family is extinct
- Proto-Indo-European
- One of the world's primary language families
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Apr 20, 2024 · Linguistic parallels between the ‘Avesta,’ an Iranian text, and the ‘Vedas.’ Both texts display not just word similarities but also shared concepts. Example: Interchangeable use of ‘h’ and ‘s’ in words like Ahura (asura), Haoma (soma) etc.
Apr 29, 2024 · Modern Persian is most closely related to Middle and Old Persian, former languages of the region of Fārs (Persia) in southwestern Iran. It is thus called Fārsī by native speakers. Written in Arabic characters, Modern Persian also has many Arabic loanwords and an extensive literature.
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3 days ago · Aryan or Arya (/ ˈ ɛər i ə n /; Indo-Iranian *arya) is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*an-arya).
15 hours ago · But that was not all: the Steppe tribesmen also supposedly spread Indo-European (IE) languages over the length and breadth of Europe. Much later, a branch of these Steppe pastoralists descended on ...
Apr 13, 2024 · The Urdu language is a member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-European family of languages. Is the Urdu language the same as Hindi? The Urdu language is closely related to Hindi.
