The Apabhramsa language was the next modification in the spoken language of North India after Prakrit, in a period broadly lasting from the 5th to the 10th century. Apabhramsa developed into modern-day Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindustani, Bengali, and Punjabi. Indian languages such as Tamil and Telugu belong to a different family, the Dravidian languages. The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a rich, fertile and ancient land encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the most populous parts of Pakistan, and virtually all of Bangladesh. ... Prakrit (Sanskrit prakrta: natural, usual) refers to the broad family of the Indic languages and dialects spoken in ancient India. ... // Events Romulus Augustus, Last Western Roman Emperor Rome sacked by Visigoths in 410. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... The Indo-Aryan languages form a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian languages, thus belonging to the Indo-European family of languages. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hindustani is a term used by linguists to describe a closely related series of languages or dialects stretching across the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... Jump to: navigation, search Punjabi (also Panjabi, Paṃjābī, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ in Gurmukhī, پنجابی in Shahmukhi) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... The article describes the languages spoken in the Republic of India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tamil is a classical language and one of the major languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. ... Jump to: navigation, search Telugu (తెలుగు) belongs to the family of Dravidian languages and is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. ... The Dravidian family of languages includes approximately 26 languages that are mainly spoken in southern India and Sri Lanka, as well as certain areas in Pakistan, Nepal, and eastern and central India. ...