Central Indo-Aryan | |
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Geographic distribution | South Asia |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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The Central Indo-Aryan languages is the largest branch of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken across Northern India from Gujarat to Chhattisgarh. These language varieties form the central part of the Indo-Aryan language family, itself a part of the Indo-European language family. They historically form a dialect continuum that descends from Saurasheni Prakrit.