Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages

Northwestern Zone

Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages are spoken in the northwestern region of India and eastern region of Pakistan. Punjabi is spoken predominantly in the Punjab region and is the official language of the northern Indian state of Punjab, in addition to being the most widely-spoken language in Pakistan. Sindhi and its variants are spoken natively in the Pakistani province of Sindh and neighbouring regions. Northwestern languages are ultimately thought to be descended from Paishachi Prakrit (some scholars still argue for Shaureshani as the antecedent), with influence from Persian and Arabic.