The Indo-Aryan languages, also known as the Indic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Indo-Aryan peoples.As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.

History. Odia is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Aryan language family. It descends from Odra Prakrit, which evolved from Magadhi Prakrit, which was spoken in east India over 1,500 years ago, and is the primary language used in early Jain and Buddhist texts. Odia appears to have had relatively little influence from Persian and Arabic, compared to other …

Punjabi (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b i /; پنجابی (); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (), Punjabi: [pəɲˈdʒab̆.bi] ()), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language natively spoken by the Punjabi people in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.Punjabi has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers ...

The Central Indo-Aryan languages or Hindi languages are a group of related language varieties Spoken across North India and Central India.These language varieties form the central part of the Indo-Aryan language family, itself a part of the Indo-European language family. They historically form a dialect continuum that descends from the Middle Prakrits.

Sinhala (Siṃhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan word is Sīhala.The name is a derivation from siṃha, the Sanskrit word for "lion". The name is sometimes glossed as "abode of lions", and attributed to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island.. History. According to the chronicle Mahavansa, written in Pali, Vanga kingdom's Prince Vijaya and his …

Bengali (/ b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɔː l i / ben-GAW-lee), generally known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা, Bengali pronunciation: ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia.It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India.With approximately 300 million native speakers ...

The Baltic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 4.5 million people mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.Together with the Slavic languages, they form the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European family.. Scholars usually regard them as a single subgroup divided into two …

The turkey is a large species of bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America.There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (M. gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (M. ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. This photograph, taken at Deer Island Preserve in Novato, California, depicts a male Rio Grande wild turkey (M. g. …

Language codes; ISO 639-1: ISO 639-2: ISO 639-3: kas: Glottolog: kash1277: This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. ... Certain features in Kashmiri even appear to stem from Indo-Aryan even predating the Vedic period. For instance, ...

Nepali (English: / n ɪ ˈ p ɔː l i /; Devanagari: नेपाली, ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a lingua franca.Nepali has official status in the Indian state of Sikkim and in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration of West Bengal.