non-Indo-European
adjective
(alsononIndo-European,non Indo-European)uk/ˌnɒnˌɪn.dəʊˌjʊə.rəˈpiː.ən/us/ˌnɑːnˌɪn.doʊˌjʊr.əˈpiː.ən/not one of thegroupofEuropeanandAsianlanguagesthat arespokenin most ofEuropeand inpartsofAsiaand thatincludeEnglish,French,Greek,Russian, andHindi, or notspeakingone of theselanguages:
The mostwidelyspokennon-Indo-EuropeanlanguageinEuropeisHungarian.
It isknownthat anancient, non-Indo-Europeanpeoplewerelivingin theregionat thistime.
- ShecomparedchildrenlearningEnglishwithchildrenlearningnon-Indo-Europeanlanguages.
- He has a non-Indo-Europeanmothertongue, and that makeslearningEnglishharder.
- The Hurrians were anancient, non-Semitic, non-Indo-Europeanpeople.
Language names
- Albanian
- American English
- Amharic
- Angrezi
- Aramaic
- Ebonics
- Filipino
- Finno-Ugric
- Flemish
- Georgian
- Greenlandic
- Gujarati
- Manx
- Mongolian
- Montenegrin
- Monégasque
- Nauruan
- Nepalese
- Romany
- Semitic