2. Indo-European people They were nomadic or seminomadic people. They invaded neighbouring areas and imposed their language. They probably lived in Scandinavia and parts of Germany, the Danue Valley, Anatolia (Turkey) and at the north of the black sea.

3. They had words for: Domestic animals: dog, pig, goat, goose, horses Cattle and sheep: ox Food: cheese, butter, grain Tools and weapons: arrow, stone (knif) Metals: copper, bronze Dwelling: House, door ( no words for window ) Weather: rain, snow Wild animals: wolves, bears, otters, hares, beavers Trees: beech tree Fish: eel, salmon Water: river, stream (no words for sea) Family relationship: “Husband´s brother, Husband´s mother”. Gods: the Sky God

4. Indo-European Languages Indo-European languages were spoken over a vast area: from Ireland in the west, to India in the east. From Scandinavia in the north, to Crete in the south They appeared on the fringes of the mesopotamia area around 1.500 B.C. They spread by pushing out frontiers, by conquest and through massive migration.

5. There are two branches (of Proto-Indo-European lang.) Western  Celtic – Italic Kentum  Germanic languages Eastern  Baltic – Slavonic Satem  Aryan languages

6. The Indo-European Family counts with 12 languages. Ten of them in use while two are alrealy extinct ed.