Indo-Iranian language

Indo-Iranian language
noun
the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
Syn: ↑Indo-Iranian
Hyponyms: ↑Indic, ↑Indo-Aryan, ↑Iranian, ↑Iranian language

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