Proto-Indo-Iranian
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English
Proper noun
- (linguistics, uncountable) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.
Translations
ancestor language of Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Dardic and Nuristani languages
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Noun
Proto-Indo-Iranian (countable and uncountable, plural Proto-Indo-Iranians)
- (anthropology, countable) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language.
Translations
person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language
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Adjective
Proto-Indo-Iranian (not comparable)
- (linguistics, anthropology) Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it.
Translations
pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it
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Related terms
- Indo-European language family
- Proto-Indo-European language