+"Aryan" is a term originally used as a self-designation by ancient Indo-Iranian peoples. It also refers to the [Indo-Iranian](/wiki/indo-iranian) branch of the [Indo-European](/wiki/indo-european) language family. Later, it was controversially adopted in the 19th and 20th centuries to denote a supposed "race."
+## See also
+- [Proto-Indo-European](/wiki/proto-indo-european)
+- [Indo-Aryan](/wiki/indo-aryan)
+- [Racial Theory](/wiki/racial-theory)
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