The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, the overwhelming majority of Europe, and the Iranian plateau. Some European languages of this family—English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, and Spanish—have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several continents. The Indo-European family is divided into several branches or sub-families, of which there are eight groups with languages still alive today: Albanian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic; another nine subdivisions are now extinct.
the indo-european languages are a language family native to the northern indian subcontinent the overwhelming majority of europe and the iranian plateau some european languages of this family—english french portuguese russian dutch and spanish—have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across several continents the indo-european family is divided into several branches or sub-families of which there are eight groups with languages still alive today albanian armenian balto-slavic celtic germanic hellenic indo-iranian and italic; another nine subdivisions are now extinct