the languages of India primarily belong to which 2 major linguistic families?

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the languages of India primarily belong to which 2 major linguistic families?

2006-06-08 01:59:44 · 3 answers · asked by dearheavenlyangel 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Indo-European (Northern Indian languages, including Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit) and Dravidian (Southern Indian languages, including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu), sometimes called Elamo-Dravidian.

2006-06-08 08:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by magistra_linguae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The ancient Dravidian family of language of which Tamil is oldest one and mother of all Dravidian languages. Tamil has oldest Grammar and literature. Similarly other Aryan languages which is mostly base on Sanskrit is also one of the oldest languages of India.

2006-06-08 09:49:16 · answer #2 · answered by Hydride 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I think is Indo- Aryans. which than developed sanskrit from which other languages took place.

2006-06-08 09:03:19 · answer #3 · answered by KiM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋