Proto-Indo-European
proto-language of the Indo-European languages
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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 (16,598 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: extinct language[3], reconstructed language[4]
- Follows: Proto-Nostratic[5]
- Followed by: Indo-European[6], Proto-Germanic[7], Proto-Indo-Iranian[8], Proto-Balto-Slavic[9]
- Subclass of: Indo-European[10]
- Wikimedia language code: ine-pro[11]
- Inception: 3500 BC[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Proto-Indo-European language[13]
- Topic has template: Template:Proto-Indo-European language[14]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/proto-indo-european[15], https://latin.stackexchange.com/tags/proto-indo-european[16]
- Short name: PIE[17], ПИЕ[18], ΠΙΕ[19], pie.[20]
- Indigenous to: Proto-Indo-Europeans[21]
- Exact match: https://wold.clld.org/language/293[22]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[23], dative case[24], ablative case[25], genitive case[26], accusative case[27], vocative case[28], locative case[29], instrumental case[30], allative case[31]
- Linguistic typology: fusional language[32], subject–object–verb[33]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[34], feminine[35], neuter[36], common[37]
Why It Matters
Proto-Indo-European has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Proto-Indo-European is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]