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Indo-Iranian
Geographic distribution	South Asia
Linguistic classification	Indo-European Indo-Iranian
Subdivisions	Indo-Aryan / Sanskrit Iranian
Language codes

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Languages List of Indo-European languages Extant Albanoid Albanian Armenian Balto-Slavic Baltic Slavic Celtic Germanic Hellenic Greek Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Iranian Nuristani Italic Romance Extinct Anatolian Tocharian Paleo-Balkan Dacian Illyrian Liburnian Messapic Mysian Paeonian Phrygian Thracian Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language Phonology: Sound laws, Accent, Ablaut Hypothetical Balkanic Daco-Thracian Graeco-Albanian Graeco-Armenian Graeco-Aryan Graeco-Phrygian Indo-Hittite Italo-Celtic Thraco-Illyrian Grammar Vocabulary Root Verbs Nouns Pronouns Numerals Particles Other Proto-Albanian Proto-Anatolian Proto-Armenian Proto-Germanic (Proto-Norse) Proto-Italo-Celtic (Proto-Celtic · Proto-Italic) Proto-Greek Proto-Balto-Slavic (Proto-Slavic · Proto-Baltic) Proto-Indo-Iranian (Proto-Iranian)
Philology Hittite inscriptions Hieroglyphic Luwian Linear B Rigveda Avesta Homer Behistun Greek epigraphy Phrygian epigraphy Messapic epigraphy Latin epigraphy Gaulish epigraphy Runic epigraphy Ogham Gothic Bible Bible translations into Armenian Tocharian script Old Irish glosses Albanian Kanun
Origins Homeland Proto-Indo-Europeans Society Religion Mainstream Kurgan hypothesis Indo-European migrations Eurasian nomads Alternative and fringe Anatolian hypothesis Armenian hypothesis Beech argument Indigenous Aryanism Baltic homeland Paleolithic continuity theory
Archaeology Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Pontic Steppe Domestication of the horse Kurgan Kurgan stelae Kurgan culture Steppe cultures Bug–Dniester Sredny Stog Dnieper–Donets Samara Khvalynsk Yamnaya Mikhaylovka culture Novotitarovskaya culture Caucasus Maykop East Asia Afanasievo Eastern Europe Usatovo Cernavodă Cucuteni Northern Europe Corded ware Baden Middle Dnieper Bronze Age Pontic Steppe Chariot Yamnaya Catacomb Multi-cordoned ware Poltavka Srubnaya Northern/Eastern Steppe Abashevo culture Andronovo Sintashta Europe Globular Amphora Corded ware Bell Beaker Únětice Trzciniec Nordic Bronze Age Terramare Tumulus Urnfield Lusatian South Asia BMAC Yaz Gandhara grave Iron Age Steppe Chernoles Europe Thraco-Cimmerian Hallstatt Jastorf Caucasus Colchian India Painted Grey Ware Northern Black Polished Ware
Peoples and societies Bronze Age Anatolian peoples (Hittites) Armenians Mycenaean Greeks Indo-Iranians Iron Age Indo-Aryans Indo-Aryans Iranians Iranians East Asia Wusun Yuezhi Europe Celts Gauls Celtiberians Insular Celts Cimmerians Hellenic peoples Italic peoples Germanic peoples Paleo-Balkan/Anatolia Thracians Dacians Illyrians Paeonians Phrygians Scythians Middle Ages East Asia Tocharians Europe Albanians Balts Slavs Norsemen/Medieval Scandinavians Middle Ages Indo-Aryan Medieval India Iranian Greater Iran
Religion and mythology Reconstructed Proto-Indo-European mythology Proto-Indo-Iranian paganism Historical Vedic religion Ancient Iranian religion Historical Hittite Indo-Aryan Vedic Hinduism Buddhism Jainism Sikhism Iranian Persian Zoroastrianism Kurdish Yazidism Yarsanism Scythian Ossetian Others Armenian European Paleo-Balkan (Albanian · Illyrian · Thracian · Dacian) Greek Roman Celtic Irish Scottish Breton Welsh Cornish Germanic Anglo-Saxon Continental Norse Baltic Latvian Lithuanian Slavic Practices Fire rituals Horse sacrifice Sati Winter solstice/Yule
Indo-European studies Scholars Marija Gimbutas J. P. Mallory Institutes Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European Publications Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture The Horse, the Wheel, and Language Journal of Indo-European Studies Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch Indo-European Etymological Dictionary
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Languages

List of Indo-European languages

Extant

Extinct

Anatolian
Tocharian
Paleo-Balkan
- Dacian
- Illyrian
- Liburnian
- Messapic
- Mysian
- Paeonian
- Phrygian
- Thracian

Reconstructed

Proto-Indo-European language
- Phonology: Sound laws, Accent, Ablaut

Hypothetical

Grammar

Other

Philology

Origins

Mainstream

Alternative and fringe

Archaeology

Chalcolithic (Copper Age)

Pontic Steppe

Caucasus

Maykop

East Asia

Afanasievo

Eastern Europe

Northern Europe

Corded ware
- Baden
- Middle Dnieper

Bronze Age

Pontic Steppe

Northern/Eastern Steppe

Europe

South Asia

Iron Age

Steppe

Chernoles

Europe

Caucasus

Colchian

India

Peoples and societies

Bronze Age

Iron Age

Indo-Aryans

Indo-Aryans

Iranians

Iranians

East Asia

Wusun
Yuezhi

Europe

Middle Ages

East Asia

Tocharians

Europe

Indo-Aryan

Medieval India

Iranian

Greater Iran

Religion and mythology

Reconstructed

Historical

Hittite

Indo-Aryan

Iranian

Others

Armenian

European

Paleo-Balkan (Albanian · Illyrian · Thracian · Dacian)
Greek
Roman
Celtic
- Irish
- Scottish
- Breton
- Welsh
- Cornish
Germanic
Baltic
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
Slavic

Practices

Indo-European studies

Scholars

Institutes

Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European

Publications

The Indo-Iranian languages are the language links between India and Iran. The term Aryan is sometimes used to refer to the Indo-Iranian languages. According to some Aryan migration theories, speakers of the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, who referred to themselves as Aryans, settled east and south of the Caspian Sea in Northern India, Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Their expansion is believed to have been connected with the invention of the chariot.

Indo-Aryan languages:

Sanskrit
Angika language
Assamese language
Bengali language
Bhojpuri language
Dhivehi language / Mahl language
Gujarati language
Hindi language
Magadhi language
Maithili language
Marathi language
Nepali language
Oriya language
Pali
Punjabi language
Romany language - the language of Roma and Sinti
Sindhi language
Singhalese language
Urdu

Dardic languages:

Nuristani languages:

Iranian languages:

Eastern Iranian
- Northeastern
  - Scythian language (extinct)
    - Saka language (extinct)
  - Avestan language (extinct)
  - Ossetian language
  - Sogdian (extinct), Yagnobi
  - Bactrian (extinct)
- Southeastern
  - Pashto language
  - Pamiri
Western Iranian
- Northwestern
- Southwestern ("Persid")
  - Old Persian (extinct), Pahlavi (extinct), Persian language (including Dari, Tajik)
  - Tat language

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