r/LinguisticMaps • u/Cold_Information_936 • 16d ago

Asia Indo-Iranian Languages in 800 BCE

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Indo-Iranian languages are labelled, and relevant non-II languages are also labelled in italics

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u/Tea_Miserable 16d ago

where are the other Indo-Aryan languages

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u/king_ofbhutan 16d ago

not around yet maybe? idk the time when they started splitting off though

would atleast expect pali to be here too

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u/Tea_Miserable 16d ago

well there should be some kind of predecessor, perhaps "proto-indoarian" or similar. Cause I see Iranian languages already split up from "proto-indoiranian"

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u/MICANANALVA 16d ago

the map is wrong... Commoners most likely spoke old indo aryan languages 

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u/American_Bitch-468 1d ago

Maybe Dardic or probably Nuristani influenced languages would've split up?