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Indo-European studies

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The academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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  • Armenian: հնդեվրոպաբանություն (hndevropabanutʻyun) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印歐學 /印欧学 (Yìn-Ōuxué) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Czech: indoevropeistika — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Danish: indoeuropæistik — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Finnish: indoeuropeistiikka — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • French: études indo-européennes — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Galician: indoeuropeística — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Georgian: ინდოევროპეისტიკა (indoevroṗeisṭiḳa) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • German: Indogermanistik — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Hindi: हिंद-यूरोपीय विज्ञान (hind-yūropīya vijñān) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Hungarian: indogermanisztika — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Hungarian: indoeuropeisztika — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Italian: indoeuropeistica — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Japanese: 印欧語学 (inougogaku) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Kazakh: үндіеуропатану (ündıeuropatanu) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Polish: indoeuropeistyka — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Portuguese: indo-europeística — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Russian: индоевропеи́стика (indojevropeístika) — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities
  • Spanish: indoeuropeística — academic study of the Indo-European languages in relation to Proto-Indo-European, and sometimes of related humanities