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Indo-Aryan languages

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Indo-Aryan
Indic
Geographic
distribution		South Asia
Native speakers
c. 800 million (2018)[1]–1.5 billion[2]
Linguistic classificationIndo-European
Proto-languageProto-Indo-Aryan
Language codes
ISO 639-2 / 5inc
Linguasphere59= (phylozone)
Glottologindo1321
Present-day geographical distribution of the major Indo-Aryan language groups. Romani, Domari, Kholosi, Luwati, and Lomavren are outside the scope of the map.
  Pashai (Dardic)
  Khowar (Dardic)
  Shina (Dardic)
  Kohistani (Dardic)
  Kashmiri (Dardic)
  Punjabi (Northwestern)
  Sindhi (Northwestern)
  Rajasthani (Western)
  Gujarati (Western)
  Khandeshi (Western)
  Bhili (Western)
  Central Pahari (Northern)
  Dogri (Northern)
  Nepali (Northern)
  Western Hindi (Central)
  Eastern Hindi (Central)
  Bengali-Assamese (Eastern)
  Bihari (Eastern)
  Odia (Eastern)
  Halbi (Eastern)
  Marathi-Konkani (Southern)
  Sinhala (Southern)
  Maldivian (Southern)
(not shown: Kunar (Dardic), Chinali-Lahuli)

The Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. These are mainly spoken in North India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bangladesh. However, some are also spoken in other places, such as Europe. The Indo-Aryan languages come from a common ancestor, Proto-Indo-Aryan, and today include many modern languages like Sindhi Marathi, Odia, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Romani,[3] Domari,[4] Lomavren,[5] Rohingya,[6] Prakrit [7] and Sanskrit.

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References

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  1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference EB was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  2. ↑ http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/epgpdata/uploads/epgp_content/S000022LS/P001756/M023413/ET/1506322131Lings-P7-M21.pdf
  3. ↑ "Romani".
  4. ↑ Matras, Yaron (2012). A Grammar of Domari. doi:10.1515/9783110291421. ISBN 978-3-11-028914-5.
  5. ↑ Matras, Yaron; Tenser, Anton (10 December 2019). The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics. Springer. ISBN 9783030281052.
  6. ↑ "Rohingya alphabets and language".
  7. ↑ "Prakrit: The forgotten ancestor". 2 September 2018.[permanent dead link]

Further reading

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  • Morgenstierne, Georg. "Early Iranic Influence upon Indo-Aryan." Acta Iranica, I. série, Commemoration Cyrus. Vol. I. Hommage universel (1974): 271-279.

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