Indo-European language family
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indo-European languages | 1,023 |
| Indo-European | 146 |
| Indo-European language family canonical | 38 |
| Indo-European family | 1 |
| Indo-European proto-languages | 1 |
| Indo‑European languages | 1 |
| Proto-Indo-European language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10345 — 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.
Target entity: Indo-European language family Context triple: [English, partOf, Indo-European language family]
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A.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the region of European countries that, after World War II, became closely integrated with the United States and each other through economic recovery, political cooperation, and shared democratic institutions.
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B.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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C.
Dutch American
Dutch Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Dutch ancestry, historically known for their early settlement in New York and the Midwest and their cultural influence on American politics, religion, and community life.
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D.
English
English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.
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E.
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front was the vast and brutal theater of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union, marked by immense casualties, pivotal battles, and decisive turning points in the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Indo-European language family Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the region of European countries that, after World War II, became closely integrated with the United States and each other through economic recovery, political cooperation, and shared democratic institutions.
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B.
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet is the writing system originally used for Latin that has become the most widely adopted script in the world, forming the basis of many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
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C.
Dutch American
Dutch Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Dutch ancestry, historically known for their early settlement in New York and the Midwest and their cultural influence on American politics, religion, and community life.
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D.
English
English is a widely spoken West Germanic language that serves as a global lingua franca in education, business, science, and international communication.
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E.
Eastern Front
The Eastern Front was the vast and brutal theater of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union, marked by immense casualties, pivotal battles, and decisive turning points in the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language family
ⓘ
macro-family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Indo-European language family
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surface form:
Indo-European
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| classificationStatus | widely accepted by historical linguists ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Americas
ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
surface form:
West Asia
|
| hasExtinctBranch |
Anatolian languages
ⓘ
Tocharian languages ⓘ |
| hasMajorBranch |
Albanian language branch
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Armenian language branch ⓘ Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ Celtic languages ⓘ Germanic languages ⓘ Hellenic languages ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Nuristani languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ |
| hasProtoLanguage | Proto-Indo-European language ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Albanian language branch
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Anatolian languages ⓘ Armenian language branch ⓘ Baltic languages ⓘ Balto-Slavic languages ⓘ Brythonic languages ⓘ Celtic languages ⓘ East Germanic languages ⓘ Eastern Romance languages ⓘ Germanic languages ⓘ Goidelic languages ⓘ Hellenic languages ⓘ Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Balkans ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European Sprachbunds
Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ Iranian languages ⓘ Italic languages ⓘ North Germanic languages ⓘ Nuristani languages ⓘ Romance languages ⓘ Slavic languages ⓘ Tocharian languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ Western Romance languages ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Pontic-Caspian steppe (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| importance | one of the world’s largest language families by number of speakers ⓘ |
| includesLanguage |
Albanian language
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Armenian language ⓘ Bengali language ⓘ Dutch language ⓘ English language ⓘ French language ⓘ German language ⓘ Greek language ⓘ Hindi language ⓘ Irish language ⓘ Italian language ⓘ Kurdish languages ⓘ Marathi language ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ Persian language ⓘ Polish language ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ Punjabi language ⓘ Russian language ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
Ukrainian language ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ Welsh language ⓘ |
| reconstructedBy | comparative method ⓘ |
| spokenBy | billions of people worldwide ⓘ |
| timeDepth | late Neolithic to early Bronze Age (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| writingSystemsInclude |
Arabic script
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Armenian script ⓘ Cyrillic script ⓘ Devanagari script ⓘ Georgian script (for some contact languages) ⓘ Greek script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ |
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Subject: Indo-European language family Description of subject: 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.
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