Indo-Iranian languages

E25632
Indo-European language branch branch of language family

Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Indo-Iranian languages canonical 322
Indo-Iranian 29
Indo-Iranian branch 3

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language branch ⓘ
branch of language family ⓘ
geographicScope Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: West Asia

parts of Eastern Europe ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers over one billion speakers ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex verbal systems ⓘ
extensive use of postpositions in many members ⓘ
rich case morphology in many members ⓘ
satem-type phonological development ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
hasSubfamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristani languages ⓘ
historicalStage Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Middle Iranian ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: New Indo-Aryan

New Iranian ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan ⓘ
Old Iranian ⓘ
includesClassicalLanguage Avestan language ⓘ
surface form: Avestan

Old Persian ⓘ
Pali ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
includesLanguage Assamese ⓘ
Balochi ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
Dari ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Kashmiri ⓘ
Kurdish ⓘ
Luri ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi

Nuristani languages ⓘ
Ossetian language ⓘ
surface form: Ossetian

Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto

Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian

Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Romani ⓘ
Sindhi ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tajik ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
isMajorBranchOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
spokenInRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
India ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
subdivision Dardic languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristani languages ⓘ
writingSystemsInclude Bengali script ⓘ
surface form: Bengali-Assamese script

Cyrillic script ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
Gujarati script ⓘ
Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form: Gurmukhi script

Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
Sinhala script ⓘ

Referenced by (358)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persian language → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Sanskrit → subfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Hindi → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Devanagari script → usedForLanguageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Kurds → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristani languages → branchOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Maithili → subfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Balochi → family → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Saraiki → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Judeo-Persian → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Gandhari Prakrit → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Maharashtri Prakrit → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Ossetian language → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Hazaras → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Nepali → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Varhadi → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Persians → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Southwestern Iranian languages → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Odia → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Hazaragi → languageBranch → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Old Persian → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Aimaqs → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Ahirani → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Khari Boli → languageSubfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Rajasthani → subfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Kurdish language → branchOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Bhojpuri → languageSubfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Finnish Kalo → subfamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Potohari → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Potohari → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Zazaki → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Fiji Hindi → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Gorani → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Seraiki → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Northwestern Iranian languages → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Eastern Iranian languages → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristani people → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Pakhto → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Kamviri language → languageBranch → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Tregami language → partOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Tregami language → hasLanguageBranch → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Sarnami Hindustani → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristan Province → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Prakrit → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Wanetsi → languageFamily → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit → branchOf → Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ