Indo-aryan

//ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈɛɹi.ən// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.
  2. 2
    a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the former Indo-European people wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

    "Such a situation is not unusual in the history of languages, but Indo-Aryan has a very virulent case of the disease."

Synonyms

All synonyms
aryanindicindicindicindo-europeanlanguage

Example

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"In India there are three major language families unrelated to one another: the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Munda languages."

Etymology

From Indo- + Aryan.

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