Indo-European

language family native to western and southern Eurasia— Europe, Iran and India
Language language_family Q19860
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Indo-European

Summary

Indo-European is a language family[1]. Indo-European ranks in the top 0.099% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,689 views/month, #1 of 1,012).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indo-European is identified as part of the Yamnayan ethnic group[3].
  • Indo-European is credited with the discovery of William Jones[4].
  • Indo-European's instance of is recorded as language family[5].
  • India is named after Indo-European[6].
  • Europe is named after Indo-European[7].
  • Indo-European followed Proto-Indo-European[8].
  • Indo-European is a type of human language[9].
  • Indo-European is a type of Eurasiatic[10].
  • Indo-European's Commons category is recorded as Indo-European languages[11].
  • Indo-European comprises Indo-Iranian[12].
  • Indo-European comprises Germanic languages[13].
  • Indo-European comprises Celtic languages[14].
  • Indo-European comprises Balto-Slavic[15].
  • Indo-European comprises Anatolian[16].
  • Indo-European comprises Tocharian[17].
  • Indo-European comprises Hellenic[18].
  • Indo-European comprises Italic[19].
  • Indo-European comprises Albanian[20].
  • Indo-European comprises Armenian[21].
  • Indo-European comprises Illyrian[22].
  • Indo-European comprises Thracian[23].
  • Indo-European comprises Liburnian[24].
  • Indo-European comprises Lusitanian[25].
  • Indo-European comprises Messapian[26].
  • Indo-European comprises Phrygian[27].

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Origins and Family

Indo-European is identified as part of the Yamnayan ethnic group[3].

Works and Contributions

Indo-European is credited with the discovery of William Jones[4].

Why It Matters

Indo-European ranks in the top 0.099% of language_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,689 views/month, #1 of 1,012).[2] Indo-European has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Indo-European is known by 227 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6h ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id 3279
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  2. 15d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0252302-indoevropske-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0252302-indoevropske-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  3. 8w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of korea id KSH1998004467
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5034]]: KSH1998004467"
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