Austro-asiatic roots of Hindi
Hindi one of the Indo-Aryan languages a subbranch of Indo-European spoken by 74% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 23% of Indians.Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austroasiatic, and a few minor language families and isolates.
The north Indian languages from the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family evolved from Old Indo-Aryan by way of the Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit languages and Apabhramsa of the Middle Ages. There is no consensus for a specific time where the modern north Indian languages such as Hindustani, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi,Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sindhi and Oriya emerged, but AD 1000 is commonly accepted.Each language had different influences.
Hindi one of the Indo-Aryan languages a subbranch of Indo-European spoken by 74% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 23% of Indians.Other languages spoken in India belong to the Austroasiatic, and a few minor language families and isolates.
The north Indian languages from the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family evolved from Old Indo-Aryan by way of the Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit languages and Apabhramsa of the Middle Ages. There is no consensus for a specific time where the modern north Indian languages such as Hindustani, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi,Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sindhi and Oriya emerged, but AD 1000 is commonly accepted.Each language had different influences.
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