Linguistic history of India
This article is about the historical context of Indian languages. For the modern overview, see Languages of India.
Not to be confused with Linguistic Survey of India.
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Since the Iron Age of India, the native languages of the Indian subcontinent have been divided into various language families, of which Indo-Aryan and Dravidian are the most widely spoken. There are also many languages belonging to unrelated language families, such as Munda (from the Austroasiatic family) and Tibeto-Burman (from the Trans-Himalayan family), spoken by smaller groups.
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