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In·do-Eu·ro·pe·an  audio  (nd-yr-pn) KEY  

NOUN:
    1. A family of languages consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia.
    2. Proto-Indo-European. Also called Indo-Germanic .
  1. A member of any of the peoples speaking an Indo-European language.


OTHER FORMS:
Indo-Euro·pean (Adjective)


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