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Indo Aryan Relatives
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The term "Indo-Aryan Relatives" (IAR) refers to a hypothetical macrofamily of language isolates and micro-phyla that linguists posit existed in immediate proximity to the ancestral Proto-Indo-Aryan speech community prior to the historical dispersal of Indo-Aryan languages across the Indian subcontinent. This classification is primarily defined by shared typological features that defy easy incorporation into either the established [Indo-Aryan (IA) branch](/entries/…
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Indo Iranian Languages
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Early Historical Divisions and Substrates
The separation between the Proto-Indo-Aryan and Proto-Iranian branches is conventionally dated to the late third millennium BCE, though archaeological evidence suggests an initial period of significant linguistic contact, referred to as the "Pre-Vedic/Avestan Continuum" [4].
Iranian Languages