Indo-Aryan languages
Hindi's linguistic family
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily across South Asia.
The group includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, and dozens of others—together claiming over a billion native speakers.
Sanskrit is the classical ancestor from which most descended.
The term distinguishes these languages from the Dravidian languages of southern India.
- HindiIndia's official language
- BengaliLanguage of Bangladesh
- MarathiWestern Indian language
- PunjabiIndo-Aryan language, Pakistan's majority
- UrduPakistan's official language
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