Indo-Iranian languages

Indo-Iranian (Indo-Iranic)
Indo-Iranic (Aryan)
Geographic distribution:	Eastern Europe, Western Asia, South Asia
Linguistic classification:	Indo-European Indo-Iranian (Indo-Iranic)
Proto-language:	Proto-Indo-Iranian
Subdivisions:	Indo-Aryan Iranian Nuristani
ISO 639-5:	iir
The general location of Indo-European speakers in Europe and Asia.   Indo-Iranian

The Indo-Iranian languages or Indo-Iranic languages^[1][2] are the largest group of the Indo-European language family. They include the Indo-Aryan (Indic^{[note 1]}) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Aryan languages.^[3]) and Iranic (Iranian) languages. They are mostly spoken in the Indian subcontinent and the Iranian plateau. Originally, they were spoken in Central Asia, to the east and the north of the Caspian Sea.

1. ↑ Rowlett, Ralph M. "Research Directions in Early Indo-European Archaeology." (1990): 415-418.
2. ↑ Heggarty, Paul. "Europe and western Asia: Indo-European linguistic history." The global prehistory of human migration (2015): 157-167.
3. ↑ Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh (26 July 2007). The Indo-Aryan Languages. Routledge. ISBN 9781135797119. Retrieved 24 October 2015.