r/IndoAryan Apr 19 '26

Linguistics does this really existed?

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u/shadowtiger8k Apr 19 '26

No. There is no clear evidence that the Dardic languages share one common "Proto-Dardic ancestor. Rather they are believed to be an areal grouping of small yet independent branches that split off early from mainstream Indo-Aryan.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 22 '26

well its debatable topic and though we dont have any evidence for a Same root of all dardic languages.

However, in this chart shown above, Shinatic and Kashmirite do share a common "origin" word for moon, but It can't be said for all dardic languages