In the early 21st century, Indo-Aryan languages were spoken by more than 800 million people, primarily in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[2] Moreover, there are large immigrant and ...

The Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Māgadhan languages, are spoken throughout the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, which includes Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal region, ...

A Linguistic Civilization', GN Devy traces the evolution of Indian languages against the larger historical canvas of human ...

This came after the Centre on Thursday recognised Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese as classical languages.

Adivasis continue to speak pure Dravidian languages (unlike settled South Indians who have absorbed Indo-Aryan influences), practice indigenous animist polytheism, and lead a hunter-gatherer ...

While teaching post-colonial literature, Amrit Sufi began to wonder why she had lost touch with her mother tongue, Angika.

There is no one Prakrit language. Rather, Prakrit generally refers to a group of closely-related Indo-Aryan languages, which may also have other names. Their defining feature is that they were much ...