Indo-Aryan languages

Modern Standard Hindi (), commonly referred to as Hindi, is an Indo-Aryan language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the government of India, and is the lingua franca for most of the northern half of India.

Urdu (, , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official Eighth Schedule language in India, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of India — alongside having official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states).

Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwestern South Asia, deriving from Indo-Aryan languages that diffused from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Sanskrit is the sacred language of Hinduism and classical Hindu philosophy and religion and the liturgical language of Buddhism and Jainism. It was a lingua franca in ancient and medieval South Asia, and, as Hindu and Buddhist culture spread to Southeast East and Central Asia in the early medieval era, it became a language of religi

official language of Nepal

Indo-Aryan language

Indo-Aryan language that is spoken on the state of Gujarat

Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia, comprising the two normative forms of Hindi and Urdu

Indo-Aryan language spoken in Assam, India

Indo-Aryan language

Pāli (; IAST: ) is a Middle Indo-Aryan language that is widely studied as the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism and the language of the Tipiṭaka. Pali was designated a classical language of India by the Government of India on 3 October 2024.

branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family

Indo-Aryan national language of the Maldives

Indo-Aryan language spoken in India

Indo-Aryan dialect cluster of northwest India

Prakrit ( ) is a group of vernacular classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages that were used in the Indian subcontinent from around the 5th century BCE to the 12th century CE. The term Prakrit is usually applied to the middle period of the Middle Indo-Aryan languages, excluding Pali.

Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and Bangladesh

archaic language in the Vedas (2nd millennium BCE)

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Eastern Indo-Aryan language, also named Sadri, Sadari or Sadani, part of the Bihari languages subfamily, originating from North-Eastern India

Apabhraṃśa (, , Prakrit: ) is a term used by vaiyākaraṇāḥ (native grammarians) since Patañjali to refer to languages spoken in Northern India before the rise of the modern languages. In Indology, it is used as an umbrella term for the dialects forming the transition between the late Middle and the early Modern Indo-Aryan languages, spanning the period between the 6th and 13th centuries CE. However, these dialects are conventionally included in the Middle Indo-Aryan period. wikt:अपभ्रंश#Sanskrit| in Sanskrit literally means "corrupt" or "non-grammatical language", that which deviates from the n

written language of Ancient India

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language of ancient and medieval India which is the ancestor of Marathi and Konkani

language in India

historical group of Indo-Aryan languages which developed from 600 BCE to 1000 CE, and used in literature until about 1500 CE

Wagdi is a Bhil language of India spoken mainly in Dungarpur and Banswara districts of Southern Rajasthan. Wagdi has been characterized as a dialect of Bhili.

Paishachi or Paisaci () is a largely unattested literary language of the middle kingdoms of India mentioned in Prakrit and Sanskrit grammars of antiquity. It is generally grouped with the Prakrits, with which it shares some linguistic similarities, but is still not considered a spoken Prakrit by the grammarians because it was purely a literary language, and because of its archaicism.

sub-group of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages

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language spoken by a few hundred people living in the Northern Areas of Pakistan

Language spoken in Nepal

archaic form of Hindustani (Old Hindi or Old Urdu) as used up to the 15th century

variety of Sanskrit used in Buddhist texts

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Kishtwari or Kashtwari is a dialect of Kashmiri language, with strong influences from neighbouring Western Pahari varieties. It is spoken by Hindus in Kishtwar district of Jammu division in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

ancient Indo-Aryan dialect continuum

Indo-Aryan language of India and Pakistan

protolanguage of the Indo-Aryan language family

Western Pahari language

Bilaspuri (Himachali Takri: ), or Kahluri (Takri:) is a Western Pahari language spoken in northern India, predominantly in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh. It is associated with the people of the former princely state of Bilaspur in the Hills State.

Sindhi dialect in Iran, Pakistan and Oman

dialect of Marathi spoken in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra and neighboring regions

language family of North India

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aspect of Indo-Aryan language

Indo-Aryan language of Jammu and Kashmir

literary varieties of Middle Indo-Aryan languages attested in dramatic works

Language of Nepal

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Indo-Aryan language of Nepal

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Gujarati language

phonetic process

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language composed of vocabulary common to northern Indian languages, used in Sikh scripture

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language spoken in Afghanistan