indo european

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English - Turkish
Hint avrupa
İndo avrupalı
hint avrupa dil grubundan
hint-avrupa dil ailesine ait

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indoeuropean
Hint dil ailesine ait
indoeuropean
bu dillerden birisini konuşana ait
indoeuropean
Hint- Avrupa dillerinden birini konuşan kimse
English - English
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
Prehistoric "parent" language from which a large set of European and western Asian languages developed Sir William Jones proposed this relationship in 1786 after observing common elements between Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek Included in this family are the Germanic, Celtic, Italic, Hellenic, Balto-Salvic, Indo-Iranian, and other language families Not included are three European languages (Finnish, Hungarian, and Basque), African languages, North American Native languages, and many Asian languages such as Arabic, Japanese, and Chinese Using the comparative method to reconstruct the proto-IE lexicon, linguists have argued for south central Europe (southern Russia) as the home of the Indo-Europeans before the migrations that developed separate descendant languages An appendix of The American Heritage Dictionary give many of these reconstructed roots, and its CD-ROM version, a root is sometimes give after the entry of a PDE word that developed from it
the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
of or relating to the Indo-European language family
This is the term for a large language family (144 members) which includes both Sanskrit (hence the Indo-) and most European languages (including English, German, French, Italian, Gaelic, Greek, Russian) as well as the classical languages such as Latin and Classical Greek To learn more try this website
of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-European migrations"
A family of languages characteristic of Europe and India English and Hindi belong to it Finnish and Tamil do not Latin, Greek and Persian were descended from it
a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European

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indoeuropean
A member of one of the Caucasian races of Europe or India speaking an Indo-European language
indoeuropean
Aryan; - - applied to the languages of India and Europe which are derived from the prehistoric Aryan language; also, pertaining to the people or nations who speak these languages; as, the Indo-European or Aryan family
proto-indo european
a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages
indo european

    Hyphenation

    indo Eu·ro·pe·an

    Turkish pronunciation

    îndō yûrıpiın

    Pronunciation

    /ˈəndō ˌyo͝orəˈpēən/ /ˈɪndoʊ ˌjʊrəˈpiːən/
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