<!--QuoteBegin-acharya+Jan 3 2008, 01:39 AM-->QUOTE(acharya @ Jan 3 2008, 01:39 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The languages of India belonging to the Indo-Aryan family are believed to have originated from the same source as the Iranian languages, namely the Indo-Iranian language family, which in itself is a member of the Satem group of Indo-European languages. The Indo-Iranians were nomadic people originating from the Central Asian steppes, probably in the region of the Oxus river valley, pre-2000 BCE.
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Nichols states that it is the originating locus for the western trajectories which moves Eastwards. The first European branches departed from just East of the Caspian; Iranian departed from further East in Afghanistan; Indic from India proper. Essentially, Each successive trajectory pulled another one behind it.
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Nichols states that it is the originating locus for the western trajectories which moves Eastwards. The first European branches departed from just East of the Caspian; Iranian departed from further East in Afghanistan; Indic from India proper. Essentially, Each successive trajectory pulled another one behind it.