Editing Indo-Aryan languages (section)

==== Dardic ====
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The '''Dardic languages''' (also Dardu or Pisaca) are a group of Indo-Aryan languages largely spoken in the northwestern extremities of the Indian subcontinent. Dardic was first formulated by [[George Abraham Grierson]] in his [[Linguistic Survey of India]] but he did not consider it to be a subfamily of Indo-Aryan. The Dardic group as a genetic grouping (rather than areal) has been scrutinised and questioned to a degree by recent scholarship: Southworth, for example, says "the viability of Dardic as a genuine subgroup of Indo-Aryan is doubtful" and "the similarities among [Dardic languages] may result from subsequent convergence".<ref name="southworth">{{cite book |last=Southworth |first=Franklin C. |title=Linguistic archaeology of South Asia |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2005 |isbn=0-415-33323-7}}</ref>{{rp|149}}

The Dardic languages are thought to be transitional with Punjabi and Pahari (e.g. Zoller describes Kashmiri as "an interlink between Dardic and West Pahāṛī"),<ref name="zoller">{{cite journal |last1=Zoller |first1=Claus Peter |title=Outer and Inner Indo-Aryan, and northern India as an ancient linguistic area |journal=Acta Orientalia |date=2016 |volume=77 |pages=71–132 |url=https://journals.uio.no/actaorientalia/article/download/5355/4695}}</ref>{{rp|83}} as well as non-Indo-Aryan [[Nuristani languages|Nuristani]]; and are renowned for their relatively conservative features in the context of [[Proto-Indo-Aryan language|Proto-Indo-Aryan]].

* '''Kashmiri''': [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Kishtwari language|Kishtwari]], [[Pogali|Poguli]];
* '''Shina''': [[Brokskad language|Brokskad]], [[Kundal Shahi language|Kundal Shahi]], [[Shina language|Shina]], [[Ushojo language|Ushojo]], [[Kalkoti language|Kalkoti]], [[Palula language|Palula]], [[Sawi language (Dardic)|Savi]];
* '''Chitrali''': [[Kalasha-mun|Kalasha]], [[Khowar language|Khowar]];
* '''Kohistani''': [[Bateri language|Bateri]], [[Chilisso language|Chilisso]], [[Gowro language|Gowro]], [[Indus Kohistani language|Indus Kohistani]], [[Kalami language|Kalami]], [[Tirahi language|Tirahi]], [[Torwali language|Torwali]], [[Wotapuri-Katarqalai language|Wotapuri-Katarqalai]];
* '''[[Pashayi languages|Pashayi]]'''
* '''Kunar''': [[Dameli language|Dameli]], [[Gawar-Bati language|Gawar-Bati]], [[Nangalami language|Nangalami]], [[Shumashti language|Shumashti]].