Indo-Aryan languages

E7769

branch of Indo-European languages language family

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.

Aliases (15)

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Indo-European languages → language family →
ancestorLanguage	Classical Sanskrit → Vedic Sanskrit →
dominantIn	East India → 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 → Eastern Indo-Aryan languages → Insular Indo-Aryan languages → Northern Indo-Aryan languages → Southern Indo-Aryan languages → Western Indo-Aryan languages →
historicalStage	Middle Indo-Aryan → New Indo-Aryan → Old Indo-Aryan →
includesLanguage	Assamese → Awadhi → Bengali → Bhojpuri → Chhattisgarhi → Dhivehi → Dogri → Fiji Hindi → Gujarati → Hindi → Hindustani → Kashmiri → Konkani → Magahi → Maithili → Marathi → Marwari → Odia → Punjabi → Rajasthani → Seraiki → Sindhi → Sinhala → Urdu →
languageBranchOf	Indo-European languages →
partOf	Indo-European languages →
region	Central Asia → South Asia → diaspora communities worldwide →
spokenIn	Afghanistan → Bangladesh → Fiji → Guyana → India → Indian subcontinent → Maldives → Mauritius → Nepal → Pakistan → South Africa → Sri Lanka → Suriname → Trinidad and Tobago → United Kingdom → United States →
subclassOf	Indo-Iranian languages →
typicalWordOrder	SOV →
usedAsOfficialLanguageIn	Bangladesh → Fiji → India → Maldives → Nepal → Pakistan → Sri Lanka →
writingSystem	Bengali–Assamese script → Devanagari → Gujarati script → Gurmukhi → Odia script → Perso-Arabic script → Sinhala script → Thaana script →

Referenced by (95)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andaman Hindi → Assamese people → Braj Bhasha → Chhattisgarhi ("Indo-Aryan") → Derawali → Dhundhar → Dhundhari → Doabi dialect → Fiji Hindi → Gujarati people → Harauti → Indians → Kalash people → Kalderash → Kangri → Kathiawari → Khetrani ("Indo-Aryan") → Khowar ("Indo-Aryan") → Lari → Lhotshampa → Maharashtri Prakrit → Malwai dialect → Marwari → Nepali → Odia → Pali → Potohari ("Indo-Aryan") → Punjabi people → Riasti → Roma → Roma people → Romani → Sant Bhasha → Saraiki people → Sarnami Hindustani → Shauraseni Prakrit → Shekhawati → Sinhala →	languageFamily
Assamese → Lahnda → Middle Indo-Aryan → Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages → Prakrit → Sanskritized Prakrits →	subclassOf
Marathi language → Nepali ("Pahari languages") → Nepali ("Eastern Pahari languages") → Punjabi language ("Indo-Iranian languages") → Romani language → Sindhi →	subfamily
Gujarati ("Western Indo-Aryan languages") → Khari Boli → Sanskritized Prakrits ("Indo-Aryan") → Urdu →	languageBranch
Indo-Aryan languages ("Eastern Indo-Aryan languages") → Indo-Aryan languages ("Western Indo-Aryan languages") → Indo-Aryan languages ("Southern Indo-Aryan languages") →	hasSubgroup
Indo-Aryan languages ("Old Indo-Aryan") → Indo-Aryan languages ("New Indo-Aryan") → Indo-Iranian languages ("New Indo-Aryan") →	historicalStage
Magadhi Prakrit → Magahi ("Indo-Aryan branch") → Potohari →	partOf
Middle Indo-Aryan ("New Indo-Aryan") → Middle Indo-Aryan ("Modern Indo-Aryan languages") → Prakrit ("New Indo-Aryan languages") →	precedes
Marathi language ("Southern Indo-Aryan languages") → Sanskrit →	branch
Mahls → Sindhi people →	ethnicLanguageFamily
Indo-European language family → Indo-Iranian languages →	hasSubfamily
Iranian languages → Nuristani languages →	relatedTo
Satyameva Jayate →	associatedLanguageFamily
Nepali ("Pahari languages") →	closelyRelatedTo
Bengali ("Middle Indo-Aryan languages") →	developedFrom
Prasun language →	distinctFrom
Lari ("Indo-Aryan") →	hasAncestor
Northeast India →	hasLanguageFamily
Indo-European language family →	hasMajorBranch
South Asia →	hasMajorLanguageFamily
Hadoti →	hasPrimaryLanguageFamily
Indian English →	influencedBy
Dravidian languages →	influencedLanguageFamily
Romani language ("Central Indo-Aryan") →	languageFamilyBranch
Indo-Gangetic Plain →	languageRegion
Prakrit ("Indo-Aryan language continuum") →	linguisticStageOf
Hindi Belt →	majorLanguageFamily
Nuristani languages →	previousClassification
Marathi people →	primaryLanguageFamily
Rajasthani →	subbranch
Indo-Iranian languages →	subdivision
Devanagari script →	usedForLanguageFamily
Indo-Iranian peoples →	usesLanguage