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1 day ago · The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent. Some European languages of this family— English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, and Spanish —have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several ...
- † indicates this branch of the language family is extinct
- Proto-Indo-European
- One of the world's primary language families
2 days ago · Many of its speakers were soldiers, slaves, displaced peoples, and forced resettlers, and more likely to be natives of conquered lands than natives of Rome. In Western Europe, Latin gradually replaced Celtic and other Italic languages, which were related to it by a shared Indo-European origin. Commonalities in syntax and vocabulary facilitated ...
1 day ago · Illyrians. Illyrian tribes in the 1st–2nd centuries AD. The Illyrians ( Ancient Greek: Ἰλλυριοί, Illyrioi; Latin: Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, along with the Thracians and Greeks .
5 days ago · Language, culture, and society Irish Travellers speak English as well as their own language, known variously as Cant, Gammon, or Shelta. Cant is influenced by Irish and Hiberno-English and remains a largely unwritten language.
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5 days ago · noun. a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages. see more.
5 days ago · The word “Viking,” itself, translates to “pirate raid” in the Old Norse language, and a variation of the language is still spoken today in Iceland and in some other Nordic countries.
6 days ago · This Gumberg Library research guide is designed to connect users to resources on Celtic Mythology and Legend. It covers myths, legends, folklore, and fairy tales of the Celtic peoples, particularly those of the British Isles, including the Irish, Welsh, and Scots. (While King Arthur was a Celtic hero before being co-opted by the English ...
