Bangani language

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Bangani is a language that some scholars suggest belongs to the Indo-Iranian language group. This group is the easternmost major branch of the Indo-European language family. While most scholars place Bangani within Indo-Iranian, its exact classification is still debated, with some considering it a centum language within the Indo-Aryan area. This means it shares certain linguistic features with languages like Latin, differing from other Indo-Aryan languages that have a spirant sound where Bangani has a 'k' sound.1

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Indo-Iranian languages
Nūristānī and Bangani
…was made available suggesting that Bangani, spoken in the area of Bangan—in westernmost Garwhal, Uttarakhand—is a centum language within the Indo-Aryan area. For example, Bangani dɔkɔ ‘ten’ and dɔkru ‘tear’ have k, as does a centum language like Latin (decem, lacrima), as opposed to Indo-Aryan, which has a spirant representing…
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…was made available suggesting that Bangani, spoken in the area of Bangan—in westernmost Garwhal, Uttarakhand—is a centum language within the Indo-Aryan area. For example, Bangani dɔkɔ ‘ten’ and dɔkru ‘tear’ have k, as does a centum language like Latin (decem, lacrima), as opposed to Indo-Aryan, which has a spirant representing…
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