Indo-Aryan Languages - Classification

Classification

Because there are not always clear breaks between languages, there is no definite classification of the Indo-Aryan languages. However, they are commonly divided as follows:

• Dardic languages, such as Kashmiri: though their exact classification among Indo-Aryan, Iranian and Nuristani Group, is uncertain.
• Northern languages: Nepali, Kumaoni, Garhwali
• Northwestern languages, such as Lahnda, Sindhi, and the Western Pahari languages
• Central languages, such as Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, Rajasthani, Awadhi
• Magadhan, or Eastern, languages, such as Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Maithili and Bhojpuri
• Southern languages, such as Dhivehi, Konkani, Marathi, Sinhala, and perhaps Dakhini