Indo-Aryan languages

Indo-Aryan
Indic
Geographic distribution:	South Asia
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan
Proto-language:	Proto-Indo-Aryan
Subdivisions:	—
ISO 639-2 and 639-5:	inc
Present-day geographical distribution of the major Indo-Aryan language groups. Romani, Domari, Kholosi, Luwati, and Lomavren are outside the scope of the map.   Pashai (Dardic)   Khowar (Dardic)   Shina (Dardic)   Kohistani (Dardic)   Kashmiri (Dardic)   Punjabi (Northwestern)   Sindhi (Northwestern)   Rajasthani (Western)   Gujarati (Western)   Khandeshi (Western)   Bhili (Western)   Western Pahari (Northern)   Central Pahari (Northern)   Nepali (Northern)   Western Hindi (Central)   Eastern Hindi (Central)   Bengali-Assamese (Eastern)   Bihari (Eastern)   Odia (Eastern)   Halbi (Eastern)   Marathi-Konkani (Southern)   Sinhala (Southern)   Maldivian (Southern) (not shown: Kunar (Dardic), Chinali-Lahuli)

The Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian language family. They are mostly spoken in Southern Asia, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Bangladesh. However, some are also spoken in other places, such as Europe. The Indo-Aryan languages come from a common ancestor, Proto-Indo-Aryan, and today include many modern languages like Sindhi Marathi, Odia, Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Romani,^[1] Domari,^[2] Lomavren,^[3] Rohingya,^[4] Prakrit ^[5] and Sanskrit.

1. ↑ "Romani".
2. ↑ Matras, Yaron (2012). A Grammar of Domari. doi:10.1515/9783110291421. ISBN 978-3-11-028914-5.
3. ↑ Matras, Yaron; Tenser, Anton (10 December 2019). The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics. Springer. ISBN 9783030281052.
4. ↑ "Rohingya alphabets and language".
5. ↑ "Prakrit: The forgotten ancestor". 2 September 2018.