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Indo-Iranian languages and Sanskrit

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Indo-Iranian languages and Sanskrit

Indo-Iranian languages vs. Sanskrit

The Indo-Iranian languages or Indo-Iranic languages, or Aryan languages, constitute the largest and easternmost extant branch of the Indo-European language family. Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

Similarities between Indo-Iranian languages and Sanskrit

Indo-Iranian languages and Sanskrit have 11 things in common (in Unionpedia): Avestan, Central Asia, Hindustani language, Indo-Aryan languages, Iranian languages, Marathi language, Old Persian, Proto-Indo-Iranian language, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Vedic Sanskrit.

Avestan

Avestan, also known historically as Zend, is a language known only from its use as the language of Zoroastrian scripture (the Avesta), from which it derives its name.

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Central Asia

Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to China in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north.

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Hindustani language

Hindustani (हिन्दुस्तानी, ہندوستانی, ||lit.

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Indo-Aryan languages

The Indo-Aryan or Indic languages are the dominant language family of the Indian subcontinent.

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Iranian languages

The Iranian or Iranic languages are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family.

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Marathi language

Marathi (मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.

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Old Persian

Old Persian is one of the two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan).

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Proto-Indo-Iranian language

Proto-Indo-Iranian or Proto-Indo-Iranic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Indo-Iranian/Indo-Iranic branch of Indo-European.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා; Tamil: இலங்கை Ilaṅkai), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea.

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Vedic Sanskrit

Vedic Sanskrit is an Indo-European language, more specifically one branch of the Indo-Iranian group.

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Indo-Iranian languages and Sanskrit Comparison

Indo-Iranian languages has 59 relations, while Sanskrit has 348. As they have in common 11, the Jaccard index is 2.70% = 11 / (59 + 348).

References

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