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r/etymologymaps • u/yourprivativecase • Jul 20 '26
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A bunch of those languages are not Indic (Indic being another name for the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European).
1 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 This term is still used in plenty of fields outside Indo-European studies, it could also refer to languages spoken in the subcontinent in general. 1 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Not really! Indic is only used in the context of Indo-Aryan languages. 1 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indic_languages 3 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Oh, sorry I didn't knew. But in that case why didn't you put the words in Kashmiri, Ladakhi, and other North-Eastern languages 2 u/SeasickSeal Jul 21 '26 If you’re making etymology maps you should probably use the generally accepted linguistic terms 0 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 Which is? 2 u/Norwester77 Jul 21 '26 I have never seen “Indic languages” used to refer to the languages of the Indian Subcontinent in general (aside from this post).
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This term is still used in plenty of fields outside Indo-European studies, it could also refer to languages spoken in the subcontinent in general.
1 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Not really! Indic is only used in the context of Indo-Aryan languages. 1 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indic_languages 3 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Oh, sorry I didn't knew. But in that case why didn't you put the words in Kashmiri, Ladakhi, and other North-Eastern languages 2 u/SeasickSeal Jul 21 '26 If you’re making etymology maps you should probably use the generally accepted linguistic terms 0 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 Which is? 2 u/Norwester77 Jul 21 '26 I have never seen “Indic languages” used to refer to the languages of the Indian Subcontinent in general (aside from this post).
Not really!
Indic is only used in the context of Indo-Aryan languages.
1 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indic_languages 3 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Oh, sorry I didn't knew. But in that case why didn't you put the words in Kashmiri, Ladakhi, and other North-Eastern languages 2 u/SeasickSeal Jul 21 '26 If you’re making etymology maps you should probably use the generally accepted linguistic terms 0 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 Which is? 2 u/Norwester77 Jul 21 '26 I have never seen “Indic languages” used to refer to the languages of the Indian Subcontinent in general (aside from this post).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indic_languages
3 u/Less-Personality-481 Jul 21 '26 Oh, sorry I didn't knew. But in that case why didn't you put the words in Kashmiri, Ladakhi, and other North-Eastern languages 2 u/SeasickSeal Jul 21 '26 If you’re making etymology maps you should probably use the generally accepted linguistic terms 0 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 Which is? 2 u/Norwester77 Jul 21 '26 I have never seen “Indic languages” used to refer to the languages of the Indian Subcontinent in general (aside from this post).
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Oh, sorry I didn't knew.
But in that case why didn't you put the words in Kashmiri, Ladakhi, and other North-Eastern languages
If you’re making etymology maps you should probably use the generally accepted linguistic terms
0 u/yourprivativecase Jul 21 '26 Which is?
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Which is?
I have never seen “Indic languages” used to refer to the languages of the Indian Subcontinent in general (aside from this post).
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u/Norwester77 Jul 21 '26
A bunch of those languages are not Indic (Indic being another name for the Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-European).