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Graeco-Armeno-Aryan

Have you ever heard of friends speaking different languages? Sometimes they might have something in common, like a word or a saying, even though their languages are different. The same thing can happen with entire groups of people!

Graeco-Armeno-Aryan is a term that describes the similarities between three different language groups: Greek, Armenian, and Indo-Iranian (sometimes called Aryan). Even though these languages are different, they share some similarities, kind of like how friends can have things in common even if they speak different languages.

One example of this is the way that some words sound or are spelled similar across all three of these language groups. That's kind of like how your friend might say "hello" in their language and it sounds almost like "hola" in Spanish.

Another similarity between these three groups is that they all have a connection to the ancient world! Greek and Armenian are both ancient languages that were spoken thousands of years ago, and Indo-Iranian languages come from countries like India and Iran, which have cultures and histories that go back a long time.

So, while Greek, Armenian, and Indo-Iranian are all different languages, they have things in common too! Doctors and scientists who study languages use the term Graeco-Armeno-Aryan to describe these similarities and to better understand the connections between these languages and the cultures that use them.