theIndian subcontinentin the mid-3rd centurybce. The Indo-Iranian languages have also been used in the literature of some of the world’s great religions: Indo-Aryan forBuddhism,Hinduism,Jainism, andSikhismand Iranian forZoroastrianismandManichaeism. The oldest Zoroastrian texts are indialectsincluded...
In the following decades, the language spread across the Indian subcontinent and Western Satraps territories. The main writing languages for the Saka language included Brahmi and Kharosht, which were derived from Ancient Indian languages. Migration of Indo-Iranian groups greatly impacted the development ...
the early 1600s, the English language has had atoehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East IndiaCompany established settlements in Chennai,Kolkata, andMumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay respectively.The historical background of India is never far away fromeveryday usage of English...
India - Indo-European, Languages, Dialects: The Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family is the largest language group in the subcontinent, with nearly three-fourths of the population speaking a language of that family as a mother tongue. It can b
Indian subcontinentsegregationSydneyMost studies of the spatial integration of immigrant groups and their descendants in multicultural cities use broad categories only, such as ethnic/racial identity and birthplace/ancestry, implicitly assuming that such groups are homogeneous. Some are not. Instead, they ...
Non-Hindi regions in the Indian subcontinent *Urdu is the official language of Pakistan, and is spoken by 7% of the population.*Bambaiya Hindi, the dialect of the city of Bombay (Mumbai); it is based on Khariboli dialect, but heavily influenced by Marathi and Gujarati. Technically it is ...
Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay respectively. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday ...
Southeast Asian languages,family of languages, sometimes also called Austroasiatic, spoken in SE Asia by about 80 million people. According to one school of thought, it has three subfamilies: the Mon-Khmer languages, the Munda languages, and the Annamese-Muong subfamily. There is considerable ev...
Old Norsewas the ancestor ofNorwegian,Swedish,DanishandIcelandic.Sanskritwas the protolanguage of many of the languages of the Indian subcontinent, such asBengali,Hindi,Marathi, andUrdu. Further back in time, all these ancestral languages descended, in turn, from one common ancestor. We call this...
The main reason for it not being included up to this point seems to be the relative isolation of the language, restricted as it is to the Indian subcontinent. One might be prone to believe that this is just a political exercise to extend India’s growing influence since the general ...