Indo-Iranian

Also known as Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranic languages, Indo-Iranic, Aryan languages, iir

branch of the Indo-European language family

AI overview

Indo-Iranian is a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes hundreds of languages spoken across a vast region from Europe to South Asia. It matters because it encompasses some of the world's most widely spoken languages, including English, Spanish, Hindi, and Persian, affecting billions of people today.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 1,089 inbound references to Indo-Iranian, and connects out to Tati, Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit.

Vinony files it under Indo-European languages, Indo-Iranian languages and Language articles citing Ethnologue 21.

Vinony links it to 110 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: language family
Has part: Nuristani

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Commons category: Indo-Iranian languages
topic has template: Template:Indo-Iranian languages

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Encyclopedic overview

Chart classifying Indo-Iranian languages within the Indo-European language family

The Indo-Iranian languages, also known as Indo-Iranic languages, or Aryan languages, constitute the largest branch of the Indo-European language family. They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Indo-Iranian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.