Nahali
Irula
Brahui
Southern Dravidian
languages
MAHARASHTRA
KARNATAKA
TAMILNADU
K
E
R
A
L
A
ANDHRA
PRADESH
BIHAR
ORISSA
WEST
BENGAL
UT
TT
TA
R
P
R
A
D
ES
SH
SINHALESE
IRANIAN
PLATEAU
PUNJAB
GUJARATof
SINDH
HARYANA
Kurukh
Kurukh
Malto
South-Central
Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian
languages
Central Dravidian
languages
Meluhhan
Para-Munda
Meluhhan
“Language X”
Sino-Tibetan languages
A R A B I A N S E A
Wah
NEPAL
TIBET
H
I
M
A
L
A
Y
A
S
BALUCHISTAN
N
0
0 200 300 km 100
100 200 mi
SEISTAN
SWAT
I
n
d
u
s
Indus
J
h
e
l
u
m
C
h
e
n
a
b
R
a
v
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B
e
as
Ghaggar
Ganges
Chautang
(Drishadvati)
S
u
t
l
e
j
Tapt
i
ARAVALLI
HILLS
H
I N
DU
KUSH
VINDHYAHILS
L
Naiwal
Nahali
Brahui
Southern Dravidian
languages
U
A
R
P
R
A
D
E
H
PUNJAB
SINDH
HARYANA
Malto
South-Central
Dravidian languages
Central Dravidian
languages
for mer area Dravidian languages
NEPAL
H
I
M
A
L
A
Y
A
S
BALUCHISTAN
SWAT
ARAVALLI
HILLS
H
I N
D
U
K
U
S
H
V
I N D
H
Y
A
H
I
L L
S
Naiwal
Meluhhan
Indo-European languages
Dravidian languages
Other Indian languages
Languages possibly spoken in the Indus period
IRANIAN
AFGHANISTAN AFGHANISTAN
Burushaski
K
A
R
AKOR
U
M
Munda languages Munda languages
Veddah
NURISTANI LANGUAGES
IRANIAN LANGUAGES
INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES
NURISTANI LANGUAGES
IRANIAN LANGUAGES
INDO-ARYAN LANGUAGES
Tamil
Yamuna
Map 5. South Asian languages. This map shows the distribution of languages spoken in modern South Asia and indicates the distribution of languages spoken during
the Harappan period.
