Aryan Language

Aryan language is a term not generally used by today's linguists merely for political reasons, but is encountered often in works published in the 19th century and most of the 20th century to mean:

  • The Old Persian language
  • The Vedic Sanskrit language
  • The Proto-Indo-Iranian language
  • Any of the Indo-Iranian languages
  • In works published in the late 19th century and early 20th century, this term, or the term Proto-Aryan, was sometimes used to describe the Proto-Indo-European language.
  • In works published in the late 19th century and early 20th century, this term in the plural was sometimes used as a synonym for the Indo-European languages

Famous quotes containing the word language:

    “Denotation by means of sounds and markings is a remarkable abstraction. Three letters designate God for me; several lines a million things. How easy becomes the manipulation of the universe here, how evident the concentration of the intellectual world! Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word liberty entire nations.”
    —Novalis [Friedrich Von Hardenberg] (1772–1801)