Indo-European homeland
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The Indo-European homeland is the hypothesized prehistoric region where the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language originally lived before dispersing across Europe and parts of Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Indo-European homeland canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21751696 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indo-European homeland Context triple: [The Aryans: A Study of Indo-European Origins, relatedConcept, Indo-European homeland]
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A.
Northwest Indo-European continuum
The Northwest Indo-European continuum is a hypothesized group of closely related early Indo-European dialects in Western and Central Europe, proposed to underlie later branches such as Celtic and possibly others.
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B.
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
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C.
Proto-Indo-Aryan language
Proto-Indo-Aryan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-Aryan languages, including Sanskrit and its related ancient and modern descendants in the Indian subcontinent.
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D.
Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Proto-Indo-Iranian is the reconstructed prehistoric language from which all Indo-Iranian languages, including the Iranian and Indo-Aryan branches, are descended.
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E.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Indo-European homeland Target entity description: The Indo-European homeland is the hypothesized prehistoric region where the speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language originally lived before dispersing across Europe and parts of Asia.
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A.
Northwest Indo-European continuum
The Northwest Indo-European continuum is a hypothesized group of closely related early Indo-European dialects in Western and Central Europe, proposed to underlie later branches such as Celtic and possibly others.
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B.
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European is the reconstructed common ancestor of the vast Indo-European language family, from which many ancient and modern languages of Europe and Asia are derived.
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C.
Proto-Indo-Aryan language
Proto-Indo-Aryan is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-Aryan languages, including Sanskrit and its related ancient and modern descendants in the Indian subcontinent.
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D.
Proto-Indo-Iranian language
Proto-Indo-Iranian is the reconstructed prehistoric language from which all Indo-Iranian languages, including the Iranian and Indo-Aryan branches, are descended.
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E.
Indo-European language family
The Indo-European language family is a major global language group that includes many of the world’s most widely spoken languages across Europe and large parts of Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.