Indo-Hittite

Definitions of Indo-Hittite

1. noun

   the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
   synonyms: Indo-European, Indo-European language

   types:

   PIE, Proto-Indo European

   a prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Indo-European languages

   Albanian

   the Indo-European language spoken by the people of Albania

   Armenian, Armenian language

   the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan

   Illyrian

   a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast

   Thraco-Phrygian

   an extinct branch of the Indo-European language family thought by some to be related to Armenian

   Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavic language, Balto-Slavonic

   a family of Indo-European languages including the Slavic and Baltic languages

   Germanic, Germanic language

   a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic

   Celtic, Celtic language

   a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era

   Italic, Italic language

   a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

   Tocharian

   a branch of the Indo-European language family that originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.

   Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language

   the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups

   Anatolian, Anatolian language

   an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction of Proto-Indo European

   Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language

   the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

   Gheg, Gheg dialect

   the dialect of Albanian spoken in northern Albania and Yugoslavia

   Tosk, Tosk dialect

   the dialect of Albanian spoken in southern Albania and in areas of Greece and Italy

   Thracian

   a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient people of Thrace but extinct by the early Middle Ages

   Phrygian

   a Thraco-Phrygian language spoken by the ancient inhabitants of Phrygia and now extinct--preserved only in a few inscriptions

   Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language

   a branch of the Indo-European family of languages

   Baltic, Baltic language

   a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-Indo European

   West Germanic, West Germanic language

   a branch of the Germanic languages

   Proto-Norse

   the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700

   Old Norse

   the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350

   Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language, Scandinavian, Scandinavian language

   the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland

   East Germanic, East Germanic language

   an extinct branch of the Germanic languages

   Erse, Gaelic, Goidelic

   any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland

   Brittanic, Brythonic

   a southern group of Celtic languages

   Osco-Umbrian

   a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin

   Latin

   any dialect of the language of ancient Rome

   East Tocharian, Turfan, Turfan dialect

   a dialect of Tocharian

   Kuchean, Kuchean dialect, West Tocharian

   a dialect of Tocharian

   Indic, Indo-Aryan

   a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages

   Iranian, Iranian language

   the modern Persian language spoken in Iran

   Hittite

   the language of the Hittites and the principal language of the Anatolian group of languages; deciphered from cuneiform inscriptions

   Lycian

   an Anatolian language

   Luvian, Luwian

   an Anatolian language

   Lydian

   an Anatolian language

   Palaic

   an Anatolian language

   Modern Greek, New Greek

   the Greek language as spoken and written today

   Late Greek

   the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries

   Byzantine Greek, Medieval Greek, Middle Greek

   the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD

   Koine

   a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire

   Ancient Greek

   the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire

   type of:

   natural language, tongue

   a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language