Indo-Iranian peoples
various peoples speaking these languages / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indo-Iranian peoples or Indo-Iranic peoples, is the name given to the group that covers Iranic peoples, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis today. In the historical sense, it is the group that defined itself as Aryan and eventually split into Iranians, Indo-Aryans and Nuristanis. They spoke the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages.
Quick Facts Regions with significant populations, India ...
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South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia | |
India | 72% of population[1] |
Pakistan | 86,15% of population[2] |
Bangladesh | 98% of population[3] |
Iran | 79% of population[4] |
Afghanistan | 71% of population[5] |
Sri Lanka | 74.9% of population |
Tajikistan | 79.9% of population[6] |
South Ossetia | 89.9% of population |
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Indo-Iranian languages | |
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Hinduism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity etc. |
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