Indo-European Resources I have often noticed that when you're looking for information in a subject on the web, often you'll find that all the good stuff is completely drowned out in a flood of useless or trivial information. Since Indo-European studies are exactly such a subject, I've tried to remedy that by making this page of resources. The Basics § IE Languages and Language Families § Linguistic Theory pertaining to IE § IE History, Literature, and Culture § Areas Peripheral to the IE World § International Organizations and College Programs § Schleicher's Tale Local resources: I have some other linguistics links which might be helpful There's this really great synopsis of Proto-Indo-European entitled "Everything you ever wanted to know about Proto-Indo-European (and the Comparative method), but were afraid to ask!" And some rather good resources in print. The Basics Cathy Ball at Georgetown University has a good quick chart graphically showing the relationships of the families and subfamilies within the greater Indo-European family of languages. Infoplease.com's encyclopedia article about Indo-European languages. Another online article giving general info about IE. Mark Rosenfelder's site listing numbers in protolanguages. A UT website which gives a quick demonstration of the comparative method and how we know what we do about IE. Weblecture 4.1: IE languages IE Languages and Language Families Linguistic analysis of the language of the Thracians, by Ivan Duridanov. The Formation of the Baltic Tribes (part of a larger description of Lithuania) Lots of details about individual IE language families and languages: who and where they are spoken, and a little history too. Linguistic Theory pertaining to IE The Ergativic Stage of Early Proto-Indo-European - describes the early nature of the IE gender and case system. The Linguistic Material Archive - various documents concerning current IE research Information on Nostratic, the hypothetical predecessor of Protoindoeuropean. "The Glottalic Hypothesis" - a speech given by Robert D. King to UT's Mimung Society detailing the controversy over a revolutionary new look at IE phonology. Indo-European phonology Indo-European Morphology Indo-European Phonology: some history of the research into the sound system of PIE IE History, Literature and Culture "The Early History of Indo-European Languages" - a fairly interesting piece by Thomas Gamkrelidze (cooriginator of the Glottalic theory), highlighting the place of Armenia within the IE langs., and also postulating an Anatolian Urheimat: "Ex oriente lux!" (and if you can't reach that one, go here for a good clone) Mycenaean religion The Gathas of Zarathustra Nordic Mythology Celtobritish mythology Russian fairytales Weblecture: IE Culture Areas Peripheral to the IE World The following peoples all lived on the edge of what has traditionally been the world of the Indo-Europeans. Understanding their lives and stories is still important, however, in that gaining insight into so similar a lifestyle may ultimately give understanding as to how the IE peoples lived so long ago. The Minoans: Crete The Minoans: Knossos The Minoans: Phaistos Finnish Mythology, and the accompanying epic, Kalevala International Organizations and College Programs UC Berkeley's Indo-European studies The Reconstruction of PIE Project - sponsored by the University of California at Berkley The University of Texas's IE Documentation Center The Journal of Indo-European Studies - associated with the University of Texas. The *Mimung Society - UT's IE language and culture group Schleicher's Tale The following was an experiement by the great German Indo-Europeanist and linguist August Schleicher to see whether one could create an extended passage of text in reconstructed Proto-Indo-European. Considering the fact that the Indo-Europeans left us a great heritage in their oral culture, tale-telling and such, it seemed only fitting to create just such a text. As the theoretical basis of Indo-European evolves, so will the form of this text, which is now about a 100 years old. Owis Ekwôskwe Gwrrêi owis, kwesyo wl@nâ ne êst, ekwôns espeket, oinom ghe gwrrum woghom weghontm, oinomkwe megam bhorom, oinomkwe ghmmenm ôku bherontm. Owis nu ekwomos ewewkwet: "Kêr aghnutoi moi ekwôns agontm nerm widntei". Ekwôs tu ewewkwont: "Kludhi, owei, kêr ghe aghnutoi nsmei widntmos: neer, potis, owiôm r wl@nâm sebhi gwhermom westrom kwrnneuti. Neghi owiôm wl@nâ esti". Tod kekluwôs owis agrom ebhuget. [The] Sheep and [the] Horses On [a] hill, [a] sheep that had no wool saw horses, one [of them] pulling [a] heavy wagon, one carrying [a] big load, and one carrying [a] man quickly. [The] sheep said to [the] horses: "[My] heart pains me, seeing [a] man driving horses". [The] horses said: "Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see [this]: [a] man, [the] master, makes [the] wool of [the] sheep into [a] warm garment for himself. And [the] sheep has no wool". Having heard this, [the] sheep fled into [the] plain. For those who are interested, I also have a Degaspregos version of this. Home "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."