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The Indo Iranian language group is a subdivision of the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-Iranian languages are also referred as the Aryan language. It constitutes of four language groups Indo Aryan, Iranian, Nuristani and Dardic. The modern Indo- Iranian language group forms the largest subdivision of the Indo European family with more than one billion speakers. The Indo Iranian language belt stretches from Europe (Romani) and the Caucasus (Ossetian) to East India, which includes Bengali and Assamese. In simple terms, the language is spoken in central and south -central Asia. According to a study conducted by SIL International in 2005, Indo-Iranian language family consists of 308 varieties of languages. The prominent once are Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi and Persian, Gujarati, Pashto, Oriya, Kurdish and Sindhi. The Indo-Iranian language is largely spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, some former Soviet republics, some areas of Iraq and Turkey, Pakistan, India and also in Bangladesh.
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Recently Updated Articles in Indian Languages
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| • | Assamese Language
Assamese language is one of the popular languages of India and is actually the official language of Assam. Other than the state of Assam, Assamese language is also spoken in other states of north-east India.
| | | • | Kokborok Language
Kokborok Language is a tribal language spoken mostly in the state of Tripura. It is also spoken in Bangladesh. This language belongs to Tibeto-Burman language family and its script is Koloma script.
| | | • | Pali Language
Pali Language owes its origination to Gautama Buddha and his disciples, who were chief to propagate it.
| | | • | Tamil Language
Tamil language is a Dravidian language that is spoken predominantly by the people of Tamil Nadu in India
| | | • | Ancient Indian Languages
Ancient Indian languages are those languages which were in use during the time of the composition of the Vedas. The two major languages which can be distinguished during this old time are the ancient Indian Vedic language and Sanskrit.
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