The Indo-Iranian languages reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Indo-Iranian languages

Indo-Iranian languages are the eastern-most group of the living Indo-European languages. They are well represented among the oldest records of Indo-European languages. These originate in the area surrounding the southern part of the Urals, and early on split as they settled east and south of the Caspian Sea in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (see Aryan invasion). Their expansion seems to have been connected with the invention of the chariot.

Indo-Aryan languages:

• Sanskrit
• Assamese language
• Bengali language
• Gujarati language
• Hindi language
• Maithili language
• Marathi language
• Nepali language
• Oriya language
• Pali
• Punjabi language
• Romany language - the language of Gypsies
• Sindhi language
• Singhalese language
• Urdu

Dardic languages:

• Dameli language
• Domaaki language
• Gawar-Bati language
• Kalasha language
• Kashmiri language
• Khowar language
• Kohistani language
• Ningalami language
• Pashayi language
• Phalura language
• Shina language
• Shumashti language

Nuristani languages:

• Ashkun language
• Kamviri language
• Kati language (Bashgali)
• Prasuni language (Wasi-Weri)
• Tregami language
• Waigali language (Kalasha-Ala)

Iranian languages:

• Persian language
• Avestan (extinct)
• Pahlavi - "Middle Persian"
• Pashto language
• Dari language
• Tajik language
• Ossetian language
• Kurdish language
• Balochi language
• Talysh language
• Tat language

See also

• Language families and languages

This is the "Indo-Iranian languages" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.