IndoIranian
Indo-Iranian refers to the largest branch of the Indo-European language family that includes most of the languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent and the Iranian plateau, plus parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus. It descends from Proto-Indo-Iranian, spoken during the late Bronze Age, and split into two primary subgroups, Indo-Aryan and Iranian, with extensive diversification over millennia.
Indo-Aryan languages are spoken across the Indian subcontinent, with examples such as Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati,
Historically, Proto-Indo-Iranian split from Proto-Indo-European and formed two main branches during the late Bronze Age. Early
Linguistic features common to many Indo-Iranian languages include a subject–object–verb word order in many descendants, rich
Geographically, Indo-Aryan languages are concentrated on the Indian subcontinent, while Iranian languages are concentrated on Iran,