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. Some scholars suggest that the Nūristānī and Bangani ...

Although they have many similarities, the Indo-Aryan and Iranian language subgroups also differ from each other in a number of linguistic features. For example, Indo-Aryan has an i/ī sound representing a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal sound not only in initial syllables but also, generally, in interior syllables, as in Sanskrit duhitṛ- ‘daughter’ ( cf. Greek thugátēr ).

01/01/2017 · INDO-IRANIAN LANGUAGES IN A DIACHRONIC TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The relevant shared features of the languages belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch are not confined to the peculiarities inherited by Proto-Indo-Iranian from PIE and thus are shared, foremost, by the oldest representatives of this subgrouping, i.e., by Old Indo- Aryan (Vedic/Sanskrit) and Old …

The Indo-Iranian subfamily consists of three groups of languages: the Dardic (or Pisacha), the Indic (or Indo-Aryan), and the Iranian. Some scholars, however, include the Dardic tongues under the Indic classification.

01/01/2017 · the territory populated by the speakers of the modern Indo-Iranian languages). The main language of the kingdom was Hurrian (belonging to the Hurro-Urartian language family,

Indo-Iranian. - Indo-Aryan (219) Sanskrit [san] (A language of India) - Intermediate Divisions (100) - Eastern (9) - East Central (6) Awadhi [awa] (A language of India) Bagheli [bfy] (A language of India) Chhattisgarhi [hne] (A language of India)