New Indo-Aryan languages
E522454
New Indo-Aryan languages are the modern Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia, such as Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi, that evolved from earlier stages of Indo-Aryan over the past millennium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Indo-Aryan languages canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5488533 — 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: New Indo-Aryan languages Context triple: [Old Indo-Aryan, hasDescendant, New Indo-Aryan languages]
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A.
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
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B.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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C.
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Northern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Dogri, Kashmiri, and Punjabi.
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D.
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.
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E.
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
Southern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily in western and central India and including varieties such as Marathi, Konkani, and related regional dialects.
- 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: New Indo-Aryan languages Target entity description: New Indo-Aryan languages are the modern Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia, such as Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi, that evolved from earlier stages of Indo-Aryan over the past millennium.
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A.
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages are a branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken mainly in eastern India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including major languages such as Bengali, Assamese, and Odia.
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B.
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Sindhi, Punjabi, and Lahnda.
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C.
Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Northern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family spoken primarily in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including languages such as Dogri, Kashmiri, and Punjabi.
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D.
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.
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E.
Southern Indo-Aryan languages
Southern Indo-Aryan languages are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family, spoken primarily in western and central India and including varieties such as Marathi, Konkani, and related regional dialects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (81)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-Aryan languages subgroup
ⓘ
branch of languages ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Apabhraṃśa
ⓘ
linked to:
Apabhramsha
Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Indo-Aryan
Prakrit languages ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| follows |
Middle Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Old Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Indian subcontinent
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Indo-Aryan language
ⓘ
Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ
linked to:
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-Iranian language ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large number of speakers
ⓘ
significant lexical borrowing from English ⓘ significant lexical borrowing from Persian and Arabic ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Assamese
ⓘ
Awadhi ⓘ Bagheli ⓘ Bengali ⓘ Bhili ⓘ Bhojpuri ⓘ Chhattisgarhi ⓘ Chittagonian ⓘ
linked to:
Chittagonian language
Dhivehi ⓘ Dogri ⓘ Domari ⓘ Garhwali ⓘ Gujarati ⓘ Haryanvi ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Kashmiri ⓘ
linked to:
Kashmiri language
Konkani ⓘ Kumaoni ⓘ Kurux Hindi-Urdu dialect continuum ⓘ Lahnda ⓘ Lomavren ⓘ Magahi ⓘ Maithili ⓘ Marathi ⓘ
linked to:
Marathi language
Marwari ⓘ Nepali ⓘ Odia ⓘ Oriya ⓘ
linked to:
Odia
Punjabi ⓘ
linked to:
Punjabi language
Rajasthani ⓘ Romani ⓘ
linked to:
Romani language
Saraiki ⓘ Sindhi ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Sylheti ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| linguisticTypology |
fusional morphology with analytic tendencies
ⓘ
predominantly SOV word order ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indo-Aryan languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-European language family
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ India ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ |
| subclassOf | modern Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
last millennium
ⓘ
second millennium CE ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administration in South Asia
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education in South Asia ⓘ literature in South Asia ⓘ mass media in South Asia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Bengali–Assamese script
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengali script
Devanagari ⓘ
linked to:
Devanagari script
Gujarati script ⓘ Gurmukhi ⓘ Gurmukhi script ⓘ
linked to:
Gurmukhi
Perso-Arabic scripts ⓘ Sinhala script ⓘ Thaana script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Indo-Aryan languages Description of subject: New Indo-Aryan languages are the modern Indo-Aryan languages of South Asia, such as Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi, that evolved from earlier stages of Indo-Aryan over the past millennium.
Referenced by (7)
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