The Indo-Iranian languages, also known as Indo-Iranic languages or Aryan languages, constitute the largest branch of the Indo-European language family. They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion people worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
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RegionSouth Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia, with large diaspora communities in Northwestern Europe, North America and elsewhere. 1 Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusAll Indo-Iranian languages trace back to a single hypothetical ancestral language, Proto-Indo-Iranian, reconstructed to represent the latest point at which the branch was still unified; Proto-Indo-Iranian in turn descends from Proto-Indo-European. 1 Connections
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Indo-Aryan, grouping Hindi-Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi and their relatives, is one of the two main branches of Indo-Iranian alongside Iranian.
Iranian, grouping Persian, Pashto, Kurdish and their relatives, is one of the two main branches of Indo-Iranian alongside Indo-Aryan.
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Indo-Iranian, grouping the Indic and Iranian languages, is a primary branch of Indo-European.
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They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
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Source Wikipedia: Indo-Iranian LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
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Source Wikipedia: Indo-Iranian LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
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1. Wikipedia: Indo-Iranian Languages
WikipediaWikipedia, lead section: Indo-Iranian languages
They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
Wikipedia, Origin section: Indo-Iranian languages
All Indo-Iranian languages can be traced back to a single hypothetical ancestral language: Proto-Indo-Iranian, which is the reconstructed proto-language to represent the latest point at which all modern-day Indo-Iranian languages were still unified.
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Wikipedia: Sinhala Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Romani Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Assamese Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Odia Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Sindhi Language
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Sindhi, Infobox: fam2Quote, Includes: Sindhi, Infobox: fam2
Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Tajik Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Konkani Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Kashmiri Language
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Indo-Iranian
Wikipedia: Balochi Language
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Indo-Iranian
Maldivian language, Wikipedia
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Indo-Iranian
Kurdish language, Wikipedia
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Indo-Iranian
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