What is Indo-European languages?
{{Infobox language family |name = Indo-European |region = Before the 16th century, [[Europe]], and [[South Asia|South]], [[Central Asia|Central]] and [[Southwest Asia]], today worldwide. |familycolor = Indo-European |family = One of the world's major [[language family|language families]] |protoname = [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] |child1 = [[Albanian language|Albanian]] |child2 = [[Anatolian languages|Anatolian]] (extinct) |child3 = [[Armenian language|Armenian]] |child4 = [[Balto-Slavic languages|Balto-Slavic]] ([[Baltic languages|Baltic]] and [[Slavic languages|Slavic]]) |child5 = [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] |child6 = [[Dacian language|Dacian]] |child7 = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] |child8 = [[Hellenic languages|Hellenic (Greek)]] |child9 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]] ([[Iranian languages|Iranian]] and [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]) |child11 = [[Italic languages|Italic]] (includes [[Romance languages|Romance]]) |child10 = [[Tocharian languages|Tocharian]] (extinct) |iso2=ine |iso5=ine |map = IE countries.svg |mapcaption={{legend|green|Countries in which most speak Indo-European languages}} {{legend|lime|Countries in which an Indo-European minority language has an official status}} {{legend|Aqua|Countries in which no Indo-European language is official but a significant minority speaks one}} }} [[File:Indo-European-languages.gif|alt=Map with colored areas for areas where each language is spoken|thumb|300x300px|Indo-European languages in Europe]] [[File:Indo-European Language Family Branches in Eurasia.png|thumb|300x300px|Indo-European languages, broader picture]] The '''Indo-European languages''' are the world's most spoken [[language family]].<ref name=BIG/> [[Linguist|Linguists]] believe they all come from a single language, [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]], which was originally spoken somewhere in [[Eurasia]]. They are now spoken all over the world. The Indo-European languages are a [[language family|family]]