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1. Indo Iranian Languages

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   The Iranian branch is conventionally divided into three main geographical and historical groups:
   Eastern Iranian: Includes languages such as Sogdian (language)/) (extinct), Ossetic, and Yaghnobi. These languages retain archaic features concerning the voicing of interdental fricatives, often manifesting them as stops rather than sibilants, suggesting less intense contact with early Semitic languages influences [6].
   Western Iranian: This group enco…