#Sanskrit__Sanskritic_language an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes
supertype: Indic__Indo-Aryan a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
subtype: Sindhi the Indic language of the Sindhi people
subtype: Romany__Gypsy the Indic language of the Gypsies
subtype: Urdu the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
subtype: Hindi the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script
subtype: Hindoostani__Hindustani__Hindostani a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi
subtype: Bihari the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in Pakistan and Bangladesh)
subtype: Magadhan a subfamily of Indic languages
subtype: Asamiya__Assamese the Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali
subtype: Bengali a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and West Bengal
subtype: Oriya a Magadhan language that is spoken by the Oriya people and is the official language of the Indian state of Orissa
subtype: Marathi__Mahratti an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script
subtype: Gujarati__Gujerati the Indic language spoken by the people of India who live in Gujarat in western India
subtype: Punjabi__Panjabi the Indic language spoken by most people in Punjab in northwestern India
subtype: Sinhala__Sinhalese__Singhalese the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka
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