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The Armenian Hipothesis and Proto-Indo-Europeans

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Following the Wikipedia article, the Armenian hypothesis of the Proto-Indo-European Urheimat, based on the Glottalic theory assumes that the Proto-Indo-European language was spoken during the 3rd millennium BC in the Armenian Highland. It is an Indo-Hittite model and does not include the Anatolian languages in its scenario. PIE (”Graeco-Armeno-Aryan”) would date to after 3000 BC [...]

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Proto-Indo-European dictionary, phonology, syntax and the history of its reconstruction

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New resources posted by the Indo-European language Association, namely:

PIE Etymological Dictionary (by J. Pokorny)
PIE Phonology
PIE Syntax
PIE Reconstruction History
PIE: etymology of trees’ names

Those resources may be read at the Indo-European resources and Proto-Indo-European publications sections.
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Indo-European language family history and maps: from Proto-Indo-European to modern Indo-European languages

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New free resources about Proto-Indo-European language development, from Pre-Proto-Indo-European to modern Indo-European languages, can be found at Indo-European Revival Association new site: Proto-Indo-European history & maps.
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Out of India (or Proto-Vedic Continuity) Theory

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The “Out of India Theory” (OIT, also known as the Indian Urheimat Theory) is the hypothesis that the Indo-European languages originated in India, from which they spread into Central and Southwestern Asia and Europe. The theory suggests that the Indus Valley Civilization was Proto-Indo-Iranian (in popular terminology, “Aryan”) and the spread of Proto-Indo-European from within [...]

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Paleolithic Continuity Theory

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The Paleolithic Continuity Theory (PCT) suggests that the Indo-European languages originated in Europe and have existed there since the Paleolithic. It argues that the appearance of Indo-Europeans coincides with the first regional settlement of Homo Sapiens in the Middle/Upper Paleolithic age.
Following the original article on this matter,
The Continuity Theory proposes that Indo-European speakers arrived [...]

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What is the Proto-Indo-European language?

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Following the Wikipedia article,
The Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) is the common ancestor of the Indo-European languages. Although the existence of such a language has been accepted by linguists for a long time, there has been debate about many specific details.
After the University of Texas at San Antonio,
Common features, especially common words, shared by many of the [...]

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