A branch of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family, with a total number of native speakers of more than 900 million, chiefly in South Asia.

Of or pertaining to Indo-Aryan languages and people.

A native speaker of an Indo-Aryan language.

plural of Indo-Aryan

The reconstructed proto-language —having descended from Proto-Indo-Iranian— that is the immediate predecessor of Old Indo-Aryan.

The stage of the Indo-Aryan languages following Vedic Sanskrit and preceding the modern Indo-Aryan languages.

Of or pertaining to this stage.

The earliest attested stage of the Indo-Aryan languages that developed from Proto-Indo-Aryan, exemplified by Sanskrit as well as Mitanni-Aryan.

Of or pertaining to this stage.

The current stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, representing an evolution from Middle Indo-Aryan.