Indo-Iranian peoples

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The Indo-Iranian peoples are a major branch of the Indo-European family, encompassing the ancient and modern Iranian and Indo-Aryan ethnic groups and their related cultures and languages across a broad region from the Indian subcontinent to Iran and Central Asia.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Indo-Iranian peoples canonical 7
Indo-Iranian 2
Indo-Aryans 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Indo-European peoples
ethno-linguistic group
associatedWithReligion Buddhism
Hinduism
Islam
Zoroastrianism
associatedWithText Avesta
Rigveda
hasAncestralLanguage Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-Iranian language
hasAncientGroup Bactrians
Indo-Aryans
linked to: Indo-Aryan peoples

Iranians
linked to: Iranian peoples

Kushan
linked to: Kushan Empire

Medes
Parthians
linked to: Parthian Empire

Persians
Sarmatians
Scythians
linked to: Scythia

Sogdians
Vedic Indo-Aryans
linked to: Indo-Aryan peoples
hasCharacteristic distributed across a broad region from the Indian subcontinent to Iran and Central Asia
include both ancient and modern ethnic groups
share common Indo-Iranian linguistic ancestry
hasCulturalSphere Indosphere
Iranian cultural sphere
hasHistoricalRegion Afghanistan
Anatolia
Caucasus
Central Asia
Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Iran
Kurdistan region
linked to: Kurdistan

Mesopotamia
Pakistan
Steppe regions of Eurasia
Tajikistan
Xinjiang
hasModernGroup Baloch
linked to: Baloch people

Bengalis
linked to: Bengali people

Hindi-speaking peoples
Kurds
Marathis
Nepalis
linked to: Nepali people

Ossetians
Pashtuns
Persians
Punjabis
linked to: Punjabi people

Romani people
linked to: Romani

Sindhis
linked to: Sindhi people

Sinhalese
Tajiks
Urdu-speaking peoples
linked to: Muhajir people
hasPart Dardic peoples
Indo-Aryan peoples
Iranian peoples
Nuristani peoples
linked to: Nuristani people
partOf Indo-European family
subclassOf Indo-European peoples
usesLanguage Dardic languages
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
Nuristani languages

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indo-Europeans gaveRiseTo Indo-Iranian peoples
Vedic period ethnicGroup Indo-Aryans
linked to: Indo-Iranian peoples
Iranian peoples subclassOf Indo-Iranian ethnic groups
linked to: Indo-Iranian peoples
Yama culture Indo-Iranian
linked to: Indo-Iranian peoples
Sindhi people partOf Indo-Iranian peoples
Lari hasAncestor Indo-Iranian
linked to: Indo-Iranian peoples
Kingdom of Khotan ethnicComposition Indo-Iranian peoples
Indo-Aryan peoples partOf Indo-Iranian peoples
Prasun ethnolinguisticGroup Indo-Iranian peoples
Prasun relatedEthnicGroups Indo-Iranian peoples
Andronovo culture ethnicAssociation Indo-Iranian peoples
Srubnaya culture associatedWith Indo-Iranian migrations
linked to: Indo-Iranian peoples