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What is the aboriginal language of Indians before
Sanskrit speakers migrated from Iran?
Origin and development
Sanskrit is a member of the Indo-Iranian sub-family of the Indo-European
family of languages. Its closest ancient relatives are the Iranian languages
Avestan (with which it is nearly identical) and Old Persian .
In order to explain the common features shared by Sanskrit and other Indo-
European languages, many scholars have proposed migration hypotheses
asserting that the original speakers of what became Sanskrit arrived in what
is now India and Pakistan from the north-west some time during the early
second millennium BCE. Evidence for such a theory includes the close
relationship of the Indo-Iranian tongues with the Baltic and Slavic languages,
vocabulary exchange with the non-Indo-European Uralic languages , and
the nature of the attested Indo-European words for flora and fauna.
The earliest attested Sanskrit texts are Brahmanical texts of the Rigveda ,
which date to the mid-to-late second millennium BCE. No written records from
such an early period survive, if ever existed. However, scholars are confident
that the oral transmission of the texts is reliable: they were ceremonial
literature whose correct pronunciation was considered crucial to its religious
efficacy.
From the Rigveda until the time of Pini (fl. 4th century BCE) the
development of the early Vedic language may be observed in other Vedic
texts: the Samaveda , Yajurveda , Atharvaveda , Brahmanas , and
Upanishads . During this time, the prestige of the language, its use for sacred
purposes, and the importance attached to its correct enunciation all served
as powerful conservative forces resisting the normal processes of linguistic
change. However, there is a clear, five-level linguistic development of Vedic
from the Rigveda to the language of the Upanishads and the earliest Sutras
(such as Baudhayana )
Sanskrit
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Written 8 Sep. Asked to answer by Anonymous.
Indo-European languages arrived from Central Asia. Dravidian languages may
have arrived from Iran earlier if the Elamo-Dravidian connection is real;
otherwise, likely also from Central Asia where the similar Altaic languages are
found. Munda arrived from Southeast Asia. Almost certainly Indians 10000
years ago were speaking languages that later became entirely extinct.
Joseph Boyle
12 upvotes by Anonymous, Anonymous, Meenakshi Nandhini, (more)
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Sanskrit did not originate in Iran.
The ancestral South Indian population's home corresponds roughly to the
areas of South India where Dravidian languages are spoken. This population is
Sue Sullivan, Writer, researcher
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