ISO 639-5: inc | Linguasphere: 59= (phylozone) | |
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Linguistic classification: Indo-EuropeanIndo-IranianIndo-Aryan Subdivisions: DardicNorthern ZoneNorthwestern ZoneWestern ZoneCentral ZoneEastern ZoneSouthern Zone(the NW, W, C, and E zones all include languages traditionally counted as dialects of Hindi) | ||
The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are the dominant language family of the Indian subcontinent. They constitute a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family. Indo-Aryan speakers form about one half of all Indo-European speakers (about 1.5 of 3 billion), and more than half of all Indo-European languages recognized by Ethnologue. While the languages are primarily spoken in South Asia, pockets of Indo-Aryan languages are found to be spoken in Europe and the Middle East.