Indo-Iranian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...is recognized in the Indian constitution of 1950...Hindi and Urdu ; the East Indic tongues Assamese...using Sindhi. Of the East Indic languages, Assamese...Bangla, and 66 million Indians living in and around...the greatest modern author who wrote in the language...persons, chiefly in the Indian state of Orissa, is...