Indo-European languages
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A language family including languages of Europe, South Asia and Iran.
5.00Legendary
Legendary
Indo-European languages
- Language Families
The Indo-European languages are a language family with native branches across Europe, the Indian subcontinent, Greater Iran, Armenia and other regions. Eight branches are still spoken, while Anatolian and Tocharian are extinct. The family includes Spanish, Hindustani, English, Portuguese, Bengali, Russian and many other languages. All Indo-European languages descend from the reconstructed prehistoric language Proto-Indo-European. Their comparative study was central to the development of historical linguistics in the 19th century.
- Language family
- Indo-European is a language family.
- Living branches
- Eight branches are still spoken.
- Common ancestor
- All Indo-European languages descend from Proto-Indo-European.
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Indo-European languages (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q19860
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By User:Bill Williams. CC BY-SA 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsUser:Bill Williams, File:Indo-European_branches_map.pngModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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