Indo-iranian (Noun)
Meaning
The branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The Indo-Iranian branch is the third-largest branch of the Indo-European language family by the number of native speakers.
- Linguists consider the Indo-Iranian branch to have been spoken in the Eurasian Steppes during the 3rd millennium BCE.
- Many linguists have concluded that the Proto-Indo-Iranian language diverged from Proto-Indo-European.
- Sanskrit is an example of an ancient Indo-Iranian language.
- Scholars consider the ancient languages of Mitanni to be the earliest attested member of the Indo-Iranian branch.