Dardic group of language belongs to which language family?
- A.Indo European
- B.Austric
- C.Sino-Tibetan
- D.Dravidian
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Indo European. The Dardic languages form a branch of the Indo-Aryan group, which is part of the Indo-European family.
Dardic languages are spoken in the north-west of the subcontinent: in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral and parts of Afghanistan. Kashmiri is the best-known Dardic language and the only one with a large literary tradition; Shina and Khowar are others. In India the Indo-European family, through its Indo-Aryan branch, is the largest, spoken by about three-quarters of the people, and it includes Hindi, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati.
B is wrong: the Austric family covers the Munda languages such as Santhali and Mundari and the Khasi language.
C is wrong: the Sino-Tibetan family covers the Tibeto-Burman languages of the Himalaya and the North-East, such as Bodo, Manipuri and Lepcha.
D is wrong: the Dravidian family covers Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Brahui, not the Dardic tongues.
Exam tip: Kashmiri is Dardic, and Dardic is Indo-Aryan, which belongs to the Indo-European family.
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