HyperDic: indo-european_language

English > 1 sense of the expression Indo-European language:
NOUNcommunicationIndo-European language, Indo-European, Indo-Hittitethe family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
English > Indo-European language: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningThe family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia.
SynonymsIndo-European, Indo-Hittite
NarrowerAlbanianThe Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania
Anatolian, Anatolian languageAn extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European
Armenian, Armenian languageThe Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan
Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-SlavonicA family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages
Celtic, Celtic languageA branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
Germanic, Germanic languageA branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic languageThe Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
IllyrianA minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages
Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian languageThe branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups
Italic, Italic languageA branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Proto-Indo European, PIEA prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
Thraco-PhrygianAn extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian
TocharianA branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.
Broadernatural language, tongueA human written or spoken language used by a community
Spanishindoeuropeo, lengua indoeuropea
Catalanindoeuropeu, llengua indoeuropea

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