Aryan language

Aryan language is a term not generally used by today's linguists merely for political reasons, but is encountered often in works published in the 19th century and most of the 20th century to mean:

• The Old Persian language
• The Vedic Sanskrit language
• The Proto-Indo-Iranian language
• Any of the Indo-Iranian languages

• In works published in the late 19th century and early 20th century, this term, or the term Proto-Aryan, was sometimes used to describe the Proto-Indo-European language.

• In works published in the late 19th century and early 20th century, this term in the plural was sometimes used as a synonym for the Indo-European languages

See also

• Aryan

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