Old Indo-Aryan
E123643
Old Indo-Aryan is the early historical stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, exemplified by Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and attested in ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Indo-Aryan canonical | 29 |
| Old Indo-Aryan languages | 6 |
| Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic Sanskrit) | 1 |
| Vedic Sanskrit (indirectly) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1023194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Indo-Aryan Context triple: [Gandhari Prakrit, precededBy, Old Indo-Aryan]
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A.
Middle Indo-Aryan
Middle Indo-Aryan is the group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects, including Prakrits and Pali, that represent the intermediate historical stage between Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit) and the modern Indo-Aryan languages.
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B.
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
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C.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
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D.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Old Indo-Aryan Target entity description: Old Indo-Aryan is the early historical stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, exemplified by Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and attested in ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent.
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A.
Middle Indo-Aryan
Middle Indo-Aryan is the group of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects, including Prakrits and Pali, that represent the intermediate historical stage between Old Indo-Aryan (Vedic and Classical Sanskrit) and the modern Indo-Aryan languages.
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B.
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
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C.
Indo-Iranian languages
Indo-Iranian languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes numerous related languages spoken across Iran, Afghanistan, the Indian subcontinent, and surrounding regions.
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D.
Proto-Dravidian
Proto-Dravidian is the reconstructed common ancestral language from which all modern Dravidian languages, including Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu, are believed to have descended.
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E.
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Aryan languages are a major branch of the Indo-European family spoken primarily in the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan language stage
ⓘ
historical language ⓘ language stage ⓘ |
| attestedIn |
Atharvaveda
ⓘ
Brahmanas ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Ramayana ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Samaveda ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Vedic texts ⓘ
linked to:
Vedas
Yajurveda ⓘ early Sanskrit epics ⓘ |
| chronology |
first millennium BCE
ⓘ
second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| earliestStage | Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
| exemplifiedBy |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanskrit
Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
ⓘ
Middle Indo-Aryan ⓘ Pali ⓘ Prakrits ⓘ |
| hasDescendant |
Assamese
ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Indo-Aryan
Nepali ⓘ New Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Odia ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ
linked to:
Punjabi language
Sinhala ⓘ |
| hasEarlyForm | Vedic Sanskrit ⓘ |
| hasLaterForm |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanskrit
|
| influenced |
Buddhist literature
ⓘ
Hindu religious tradition ⓘ Jain literature ⓘ classical Indian literature ⓘ |
| linguisticFeature |
complex verbal system
ⓘ
eight grammatical cases ⓘ free word order ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ three grammatical genders ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Sanskrit language ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Proto-Indo-Aryan
ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Indo-Iranian language
|
| region | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| standardForm |
Classical Sanskrit
ⓘ
linked to:
Sanskrit
|
| subclassOf |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| usedAs |
language of ritual
ⓘ
liturgical language ⓘ scholarly language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Vedic priests
ⓘ
ancient Indian scholars ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Indian literary texts
ⓘ
ancient Indian philosophical texts ⓘ ancient Indian religious texts ⓘ ancient Indian ritual texts ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Brahmi script
ⓘ
Kharosthi script ⓘ
linked to:
Kharoṣṭhī script
various early Indic scripts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Old Indo-Aryan Description of subject: Old Indo-Aryan is the early historical stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, exemplified by Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and attested in ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan
linked to: Old Indo-Aryan