indo-iranian language

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An Indo-Iranian language is spoken by millions of people across a vast region.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A branch of the Indo-European language family: "Indo-Iranian language" refers to a major subgroup of the Indo-European language family, encompassing the Indic (or Indo-Aryan) and Iranian language groups. These languages are historically connected and share common linguistic ancestry.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Sanskrit is a classical Indo-Iranian language.
  • Linguists study the development of the Indo-Iranian language branch.
  • Persian and Hindi are both modern Indo-Iranian languages.

Advanced Usage

• In linguistic classification: The term is used to denote the common ancestral language (Proto-Indo-Iranian) and all its descendants.
  • The reconstruction of Proto-Indo-Iranian is a key task in historical linguistics.

Variants and Related Words

• Indo-Iranian (adj): Pertaining to the Indo-Iranian languages or peoples.

  • Indo-Iranian studies is a specialized field.

• Indic (adj/n): Pertaining to or a member of the subgroup including languages like Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit.

• Iranian (adj/n): Pertaining to or a member of the subgroup including languages like Persian, Pashto, and Kurdish.

Synonyms

• Aryan languages (Note: This is an older, historical term largely replaced by "Indo-Iranian" in modern linguistics due to the ideological associations of "Aryan".)

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Noun

1. the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Indo-Iranian
• Indo-Iranian language