I no longer presuppose any IEL, so I'm not the person to reply. But am writing in just a minor correction:
<!--QuoteBegin-Honsol+Oct 1 2007, 01:25 PM-->QUOTE(Honsol @ Oct 1 2007, 01:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Indo-Aryan languages (which means Iranian as well as Indian languages)[right][snapback]73758[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Indo-Iranian = Iranian + Indo-Aryan.
Indo-Aryan are those Indian languages classed as IE.
(So, Indo-Aryan does not include Iranian languages.) 'Indo-Iranian' is the umbrella-term that you were referring to, I think.
<!--QuoteBegin-Honsol+Oct 1 2007, 01:25 PM-->QUOTE(Honsol @ Oct 1 2007, 01:25 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Indo-Aryan languages (which means Iranian as well as Indian languages)[right][snapback]73758[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Indo-Iranian = Iranian + Indo-Aryan.
Indo-Aryan are those Indian languages classed as IE.
(So, Indo-Aryan does not include Iranian languages.) 'Indo-Iranian' is the umbrella-term that you were referring to, I think.
