Indo-Iranian peoples

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branch of Indo-European peoples ethno-linguistic group

The Indo-Iranian peoples are a major branch of the Indo-European family, encompassing the ancient and modern Iranian and Indo-Aryan ethnic groups and their related cultures and languages across a broad region from the Indian subcontinent to Iran and Central Asia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Indo-Iranian 2
Indo-Aryans 1
Indo-Iranian ethnic groups 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Indo-European peoples ⓘ
ethno-linguistic group ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
associatedWithText Avesta ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
hasAncestralLanguage Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ
hasAncientGroup Bactrians ⓘ
Indo-Aryan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Indo-Aryans

Iranian peoples ⓘ
surface form: Iranians

Kushan Empire ⓘ
surface form: Kushan

Medes ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Parthians

Persians ⓘ
Sarmatians ⓘ
Scythia ⓘ
surface form: Scythians

Sogdians ⓘ
Indo-Aryan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Vedic Indo-Aryans
hasCharacteristic distributed across a broad region from the Indian subcontinent to Iran and Central Asia ⓘ
include both ancient and modern ethnic groups ⓘ
share common Indo-Iranian linguistic ancestry ⓘ
hasCulturalSphere Indosphere ⓘ
Iranian cultural sphere ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Afghanistan ⓘ
Anatolia ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Iran ⓘ
Kurdistan ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Steppe regions of Eurasia ⓘ
Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
hasModernGroup Baloch people ⓘ
surface form: Baloch

Bengali people ⓘ
surface form: Bengalis

Hindi-speaking peoples ⓘ
Kurds ⓘ
Marathis ⓘ
Nepali people ⓘ
surface form: Nepalis

Ossetians ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
Persians ⓘ
Punjabi people ⓘ
surface form: Punjabis

Romani ⓘ
surface form: Romani people

Sindhi people ⓘ
surface form: Sindhis

Sinhalese ⓘ
Tajiks ⓘ
Muhajir people ⓘ
surface form: Urdu-speaking peoples
hasPart Dardic peoples ⓘ
Indo-Aryan peoples ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Nuristani people ⓘ
surface form: Nuristani peoples
partOf Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European family
subclassOf Indo-European peoples ⓘ
usesLanguage Dardic languages ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
Iranian languages ⓘ
Nuristani languages ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Yama → culture → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Vedic period → ethnicGroup → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Aryans
Indo-Europeans → gaveRiseTo → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
Lari → hasAncestor → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian
Sindhi people → partOf → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
Iranian peoples → subclassOf → Indo-Iranian peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Iranian ethnic groups