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Middle Indo-Aryan languages

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The Middle Indo-Aryan languages are a historical group of languages of the Indo-Aryan family. They are the descendants of Old Indo-Aryan and the predecessors of the modern Indo-Aryan languages, such as Hindustani, Bengali and Punjabi.

Facts
Region
Northern India 1
Proto-Language Status
Descended from Old Indo-Aryan (attested through Vedic Sanskrit); no reconstructed proto-language separate from it 1
Sources
1. Middle Indo-Aryan languages - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Geographic distribution
    Geographic distribution: Northern India
  • History section
    They are the descendants of Old Indo-Aryan (OIA; attested through Vedic Sanskrit) and the predecessors of the modern Indo-Aryan languages
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