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 Indo-Iranian
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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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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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