Proto-Indo-European

proto-language of the Indo-European languages
Intangible proto_language Q37178
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Proto-Indo-European

Summary

Proto-Indo-European is a proto-language[1]. Proto-Indo-European ranks in the top 1% of proto_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,543 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Proto-Indo-European's instance of is recorded as proto-language[3].
  • Proto-Indo-European's instance of is recorded as extinct language[4].
  • Proto-Indo-European's instance of is recorded as reconstructed language[5].
  • Proto-Indo-European followed Proto-Nostratic[6].
  • Proto-Indo-European was followed by Indo-European[7].
  • Proto-Indo-European was followed by Proto-Germanic[8].
  • Proto-Indo-European was followed by Proto-Indo-Iranian[9].
  • Proto-Indo-European was followed by Proto-Balto-Slavic[10].
  • Proto-Indo-European is a type of Indo-European[11].
  • Proto-Indo-European's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ine-pro[12].
  • 3500 BC marks the founding of Proto-Indo-European[13].
  • Proto-Indo-European's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Proto-Indo-European language[14].
  • Proto-Indo-European's topic has template is recorded as Template:Proto-Indo-European language[15].
  • Proto-Indo-European's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/proto-indo-european[16].
  • Proto-Indo-European's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://latin.stackexchange.com/tags/proto-indo-european[17].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'PIE'}[18].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ПИЕ'}[19].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'pIE'}[20].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'ΠΙΕ'}[21].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'sr-cyrl', 'text': 'ПИЕ'}[22].
  • Proto-Indo-European's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pie.'}[23].
  • Proto-Indo-European's indigenous to is recorded as Proto-Indo-Europeans[24].
  • Proto-Indo-European's exact match is recorded as https://wold.clld.org/language/293[25].
  • Proto-Indo-European's has grammatical case is recorded as nominative case[26].
  • Proto-Indo-European's has grammatical case is recorded as dative case[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include proto-language[3], extinct language[4], and reconstructed language[5]. Proto-Indo-European is a type of Indo-European[11].

Origins

3500 BC marks the founding of Proto-Indo-European[13].

Why It Matters

Proto-Indo-European ranks in the top 1% of proto_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,543 views/month).[2] Proto-Indo-European has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Proto-Indo-European is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0252301-indoevropstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0252301-indoevropstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 5w ago · Blockhaj · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by Indo-European, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-Iranian +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P156]]: [[Q669623]]"
  3. 5w ago · Blockhaj · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    Inception -3500-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Subclass of Indo-European
    Indigenous to Proto-Indo-Europeans
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P156]]: [[Q139730909]]"
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