| Notes l |
covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi+ Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity; comprising 1 set of languages (= 49 outer languages) spoken by communities in South Asia, from the Himalayas to the island of Ceylon, with extensions throughout the world: 59=A HINDI+ DOMARI including 5 arterial languages: Hindi with Urdu; Bhojpuri with Maithili; Panjabi; Marathi; Bangla (Bengali) with Sylhetti A continuum of relationships among languages covered by 58=Iranic and by 59=Indic passes through the transitional languages of the [58=] Bashgali+ Waigeli (Nuristani) chain. For the reference-names of [59=-AAF] Central Indic languages, diacritics have been used as follows: subscript dot / , ..., É, Ñ / for retroflex consonants; overlining e.g. / ā / for a long vowel; underlining / r / for vocalic r. |