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Preservation of original Aryan vocabulary in the modern languages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 December 2009
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The oldest texts—Rgveda and Avesta—of the Indie (Indo-aryan) and Iranian languages, which together form the Aryan family, agree in much of their vocabulary, as well as in much of their grammar and syntax.
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- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , October 1979 , pp. 545 - 547
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- Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1979
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1 Signs and abbreviations are as in CDIAL with the addition of Iranian and other dialects either not found therein or in a different form: Bg. = Bengali, CDIAL = Comparative dictionary of the Indo-aryan languages by R. L. Turner, Ḍum. = Ḍumāki, et al. = and others, EVSh. = Etymological vocabulary of the Shughni group by Georg Morgenstierne, Gj. = Gujarāti, Hi. = Hindī, Kash. = Kāshmīrī, Khu. = Khufi, Lah. = Lahndā, Mar. = Marāṭhī, Nep. = Nepāli, Orosh. = Oroshori, Pj. = Panjābī, Pras. = Prasun, Rosh. = Roshani, Si. = Sindhī, Snh. = Sinhalese.