Indo-Iranian languages

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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.

Aliases (2)

Indo-Iranian ×7
Indo-Iranian branch ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language branch → branch of language family →
geographicScope	Central Asia → South Asia → 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 → New Indo-Aryan → New Iranian → Old Indo-Aryan → Old Iranian →
includesClassicalLanguage	Avestan → Old Persian → Pali → Sanskrit →
includesLanguage	Assamese → Balochi → Bengali → Dari → Gujarati → Hindi → Kashmiri → Kurdish → Luri → Marathi → Nuristani languages → Ossetian → Pashto → Persian → Punjabi → Romani → Sindhi → Sinhala → Tajik → Urdu →
isMajorBranchOf	Indo-European language family →
partOf	Indo-European languages →
spokenInRegion	Afghanistan → 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-Assamese script → Cyrillic script → Devanagari script → Gujarati script → Gurmukhi script → Perso-Arabic script → Sinhala script →

Referenced by (69)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ahirani → Aimaqs → Assamese ("Indo-Iranian") → Braj Bhasha → Derawali → Dhundhari → Fiji Hindi → Gorani → Harauti → Hazaras → Judeo-Persian → Kurds → Maharashtri Prakrit → Marwari → Medes → Multani → Nepali → Nuristan Province → Nuristani people → Odia → Old Persian → Pakhto → Persian → Persian language → Persians → Potohari ("Indo-Iranian") → Riasti → Saraiki → Sarnami Hindustani → Seraiki → Talysh → Varhadi → Wakhi ("Indo-Iranian") → Wanetsi → Zazaki ("Indo-Iranian") →	languageFamily
Eastern Iranian languages → Gandhari Prakrit → Hindi → Khowar → Lahnda → Magadhi Prakrit → Magahi ("Indo-Iranian branch") → Malvani → Ossetian language → Potohari → Southwestern Iranian languages → Tregami language →	partOf
Indo-Aryan languages → Iranian languages → Middle Indo-Aryan → Northwestern Iranian languages → Prakrit →	subclassOf
Finnish Kalo → Gilaki → Maithili → Rajasthani → Sanskrit →	subfamily
Kurdish language → Nuristani languages → Shauraseni Prakrit →	branchOf
Hazaragi → Kamviri language ("Indo-Iranian") →	languageBranch
Bhojpuri → Khari Boli →	languageSubfamily
Ирон →	belongsTo
Balochi ("Indo-Iranian") →	family
Tregami language ("Indo-Iranian") →	hasLanguageBranch
Devanagari script →	usedForLanguageFamily
Indo-Iranian peoples →	usesLanguage