Indo-European languages

n. family of languages including languages spoken in most of Europe and in Southwest and South Asia (also the languages spoken in the parts of the world colonized by Europeans since 1500 as well as in Persia,subcontinent of India and other parts of Asia)

The Indo-European languages comprise a family of several hundred related languages and dialects , including most of the major languages of Europe, the northern Indian subcontinent (South Asia), the Iranian plateau (Southwest Asia), and much of Central Asia. Indo-European (Indo refers to the Indian subcontinent) has the largest numbers of speakers of the recognised families of languages in the world today, with its languages spoken by approximately three billion native speakers.
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