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      • The close relation between the Iranian and Indo-Aryan groups has never been doubted. They share linguistic features to such a degree that Indo-Iranian is generally described as a distinct subgroup of Indo-European.
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      Indo-Iranian languages - Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Characteristics

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  3. www.britannica.com › topic › Indo-Iranian-languagesIndo-Iranian languages | History, Characteristics ...

    Mar 15, 2024 · Indo-Iranian languages, group of languages constituting the easternmost major branch of the Indo-European family of languages; only the Tocharian languages are found farther east. Scholarly consensus holds that the Indo-Iranian languages include the Iranian and Indo-Aryan (Indic) language groups.

    • George Cardona

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Indo-Iranian_languagesIndo-Iranian languages - Wikipedia

    The term Indo-Iranian languages refers to the spectrum of Indo-European languages spoken in the Southern Asian region of Eurasia, spanning from the Indian subcontinent (where the Indic branch is spoken, also called Indo-Aryan) up to the Iranian Plateau (where the Iranic branch is spoken).

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Indo-Aryan_languagesIndo-Aryan languages - Wikipedia

    If these traces are Indo-Aryan, they would be the earliest known direct evidence of Indo-Aryan, and would increase the precision in dating the split between the Indo-Aryan and Iranian languages (as the texts in which the apparent Indicisms occur can be dated with some accuracy).

    • c. 800 million (2018)–1.5 billion
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan

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  7. www.cambridge.org › core › booksIndo-Iranian (Chapter 14) - The Indo-European Language Family

    Indo-Iranian is mainly divided into the two big sub-branches of Indo-Aryan and Iranian. 1 IIrn. languages are first attested in the fifteenth century BCE in the Hurrian state of Mit (t)an (n)i and surrounding areas through divine, throne and personal names as well as through hippological terms.

  8. oxfordre.com › linguistics › displayLanguages of the World | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of ...

    3.1.2 Indo-Iranian. Indo-Iranian has two large branches, Indo-Aryan and Iranian. Among the over two hundred Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi and Urdu are official languages of India and Pakistan, respectively, and many consider them dialects of a single language.

  9. www.britannica.com › topic › Indo-Aryan-languagesIndo-Aryan languages | Characteristics, Origin, Countries ...

    Indo-Aryan languages, subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. In the early 21st century, Indo-Aryan languages were spoken by more than 800 million people, primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. General characteristics