Middle Ages
Further information: Middle Indic, Middle Kingdoms of India, and History of HindustaniThe various Prakrit vernaculars developed into independent languages in the course of the Middle Ages (see Apabhramsha), forming the Abahatta group in the east and the Hindustani group in the west. The Romani people (also known as Gypsies) are believed to have left India around 1000 CE.
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