Proto-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Indo-Iranian
1. noun
a) The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages.
b) A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language.
Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it.

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