indo aryan
/ˌɪndoʊˈɛriən/
noun
- A person who speaks an Indo-Aryan language, or a member of the ancient people who spoke the parent language of this group.
- The ancient Indo-Aryans composed the Vedas.
- Linguists study the migration patterns of the Indo-Aryans.
- Modern Indo-Aryans live across a wide region of South Asia.
adjective
- Relating to the group of Indo-European languages spoken in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and other parts of South Asia, or to the people who speak them.
- Many Indo-Aryan languages use the Devanagari script.
- Hindi and Bengali are both Indo-Aryan languages.
- The Indo-Aryan migration into South Asia occurred thousands of years ago.