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The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India, and also predominant in Anatolia and Central Asia. Attested since the Bronze Age, in the form of Mycenaean Greek and Anatolian, the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as possessing the longest recorded history after the Afro-Asiatic family. The languages of the Indo-European group are spoken by approximately three billion native speakers, the largest number of the recognised families of languages.

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  • Indo-European languages
  • Indo-European Languages
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  • The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India, and also predominant in Anatolia and Central Asia. Attested since the Bronze Age, in the form of Mycenaean Greek and Anatolian, the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as possessing the longest recorded history after the Afro-Asiatic family. The languages of the Indo-European group are spoken by approximately three billion native speakers, the largest number of the recognised families of languages.
  • The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects. According to the 2005 SIL estimate, about half (219) belonging to the Indo-Aryan sub-branch including most of the major languages of Europe, the northern Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia). and much of Central Asia. Indo-European has the largest numbers of speakers of the recognised families of languages in the world today, with its languages spoken by approximately three billion native speakers.
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  • The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred languages and dialects, including most major languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India, and also predominant in Anatolia and Central Asia. Attested since the Bronze Age, in the form of Mycenaean Greek and Anatolian, the Indo-European family is significant to the field of historical linguistics as possessing the longest recorded history after the Afro-Asiatic family. The languages of the Indo-European group are spoken by approximately three billion native speakers, the largest number of the recognised families of languages.
  • The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects. According to the 2005 SIL estimate, about half (219) belonging to the Indo-Aryan sub-branch including most of the major languages of Europe, the northern Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia). and much of Central Asia. Indo-European has the largest numbers of speakers of the recognised families of languages in the world today, with its languages spoken by approximately three billion native speakers.
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