Indo-Aryan Linguistic Tree

**Shah-Jehan** · 12-25-2016, 12:30 AM

I've looked around on the web, and there's barely any accurate linguistic charts detailing development of the languages in the Indo-Aryan Branch. So using the knowledge of the language family and its development structure, I tried to make a detailed chart to the best of my ability (though it is a bit simplistic since the developing structure of most of these languages are complex, and are inter-transitional between each other). I also included a lot of the extinct languages like Mittani that was spoken in the Levant, as well the Gandhari Prakrit of Western Punjab/Frontier which also has no modern equivalent.

The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are the dominant language family of the Indian subcontinent, spoken largely by Indo-Aryan people. 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.

Modern Span of the Indo-Aryan languages

The Chart I contructed:

**Mortimer** · 12-25-2016, 12:33 AM

You left out the Romanes Language.

**Shah-Jehan** · 12-25-2016, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

You left out the Romanes Language.

Oh true I forgot, but its hard to classify the language though, as there's no consensus what "Prakrit" it descends from or what language it sprung from.

**Mortimer** · 12-25-2016, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by Shah-Jehan

Oh true I forgot, but its hard to classify the language though, as there's no consensus what "Prakrit" it descends from or what language it sprung from.

You could have added it as "unidentified" or "uncertain" somewhere, but its definitely indo-aryan there is strong consensus about that.

**Mortimer** · 12-25-2016, 02:00 AM

Do you understand anything? Is it similar or familiar to other indian languages?

**Shah-Jehan** · 12-25-2016, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

You could have added it as "unidentified" or "uncertain" somewhere, but its definitely indo-aryan there is strong consensus about that.

Lol, true, but I would run out of space though, there's an additional 100-200+ minor languages, as well as additional depth on the existing ones I could've done, but I chose not to for space concerns, but Romani I forgot.

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Do you understand anything? Is it similar or familiar to other indian languages?

Yeah, it sounds similar but, obviously I don't understand lol, I don't even understand Punjabi very well.

**Mortimer** · 12-25-2016, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by Shah-Jehan

Lol, true, but I would run out of space though, there's an additional 100-200+ minor languages, as well as additional depth on the existing ones I could've done, but I chose not to for space concerns, but Romani I forgot.

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Do you understand anything? Is it similar or familiar to other indian languages?

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**Shah-Jehan** · 12-25-2016, 02:03 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

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I edited it, it didn't come out that time for some reason.

**Mortimer** · 12-25-2016, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by Shah-Jehan

I edited it, it didn't come out that time for some reason.

ok, so it sounds similar indeed.

**Purohit ji** · 12-25-2016, 02:13 AM

Originally Posted by Mortimer

Do you understand anything? Is it similar or familiar to other indian languages?

Amazing i can understand some of your language. Specialy the second part. Your language is most similar to bishnoi people IMO. Some words are exactly the same as my language maarwari(rajasthani west)