07-20-2006, 06:12 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->some indian languages have nothing in commen with parsi/farsi/avestan.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Parsi (or Farsi as it is now called) is derived from ancient Avestan, though today's Farsi might have some Arabic influences.
All the Indian languages that are grouped as Indo-Aryan are basically derived from Samskrit. And Samskrit is clearly related to Avestan. Therefore whether present-day Bengali or Hindi sounds like present-day Farsi or not, they all belong in the Indo-Iranian group together.
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i know that bit. what i was trying to say, is that though languages that derive from sanskrit (hindi, bengali, oriya, gujrati, marathi, punjabi) indeed have a lot in common with parsi (no surprise there), even in its present arabificated form, munda, santali, telugu, tamil etc dont share similar grammar, or root words or even the property of inflexion with farsi and arnt cognate at all.
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->some indian languages have nothing in commen with parsi/farsi/avestan.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Parsi (or Farsi as it is now called) is derived from ancient Avestan, though today's Farsi might have some Arabic influences.
All the Indian languages that are grouped as Indo-Aryan are basically derived from Samskrit. And Samskrit is clearly related to Avestan. Therefore whether present-day Bengali or Hindi sounds like present-day Farsi or not, they all belong in the Indo-Iranian group together.
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i know that bit. what i was trying to say, is that though languages that derive from sanskrit (hindi, bengali, oriya, gujrati, marathi, punjabi) indeed have a lot in common with parsi (no surprise there), even in its present arabificated form, munda, santali, telugu, tamil etc dont share similar grammar, or root words or even the property of inflexion with farsi and arnt cognate at all.