Indo-Aryan languages
E7769
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
All labels observed (17)
Statements (83)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
branch of Indo-European languages
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| ancestorLanguage |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
surface form:
Classical Sanskrit
Sanskrit ⓘ
surface form:
Vedic Sanskrit
|
| dominantIn |
eastern India
ⓘ
surface form:
East India
northern India ⓘ
surface form:
North India
parts of Western India ⓘ |
| hasApproximateSpeakers | over 1 billion speakers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
grammatical gender in many member languages
ⓘ
postpositions in many member languages ⓘ rich case marking in many member languages ⓘ split ergativity in some member languages ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Central Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Insular Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Northern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western Indo-Aryan languages
|
| historicalStage |
Middle Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
Indo-Aryan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
New Indo-Aryan
Indo-Aryan languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old Indo-Aryan
|
| includesLanguage |
Assamese
ⓘ
Awadhi ⓘ Bengali ⓘ Bhojpuri ⓘ Chhattisgarhi ⓘ Dhivehi ⓘ Dogri ⓘ Fiji Hindi ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
surface form:
Hindustani
Kashmiri ⓘ Konkani ⓘ Magahi ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ
surface form:
Marathi
Marwari ⓘ Odia ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form:
Punjabi
Rajasthani ⓘ Seraiki ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| languageBranchOf |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| partOf |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| region |
Central Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Fiji ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
India ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
Maldives ⓘ Mauritius ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| subclassOf | Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| typicalWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| usedAsOfficialLanguageIn |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Fiji ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Eastern Nagari script
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali–Assamese script
Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari
Gujarati script ⓘ Gurmukhi ⓘ Odia script ⓘ Perso-Arabic script ⓘ Brahmi script ⓘ
surface form:
Sinhala script
Thaana script ⓘ |
Referenced by (440)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indo-Iranian languages
this entity surface form:
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
this entity surface form:
Middle Indo-Aryan languages
subject surface form:
Urdu
this entity surface form:
Central Indo-Aryan
this entity surface form:
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
this entity surface form:
Western Indo-Aryan languages
this entity surface form:
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
this entity surface form:
Old Indo-Aryan
this entity surface form:
New Indo-Aryan
this entity surface form:
Western Indo-Aryan languages
this entity surface form:
Pahari languages
this entity surface form:
New Indo-Aryan