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[[File:Indo-European.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tree over the Indo-European family branches of languages, including [[w:English language|English]], [[w:Spanish language|Spanish]], [[w:Latin language|Latin]] and [[w:Hindi language|Hindi]]. ]]
[[File:Flag of Avendonia square 2.png|thumb|right|Flag of Avendonia]]


The '''Indo-European languages''' are a [[w:language family|family]] (or ''phylum'') of several hundred related [[w:List of Indo-European languages|languages and dialect]]s. There are about 439 languages and dialects, according to the 2009 [[w:Ethnologue|Ethnologue]] estimate, about half (221) belonging to the [[w:Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] subbranch. The Indo-European family is significant to the field of [[w:historical linguistics|historical linguistics]] as possessing the second-longest [[w:recorded history|recorded history]], after the [[w:Afroasiatic languages|Afro-Asiatic family]].
'''Avendonian''' ([[w:endonym|autoglossonym]]: ''avendoniano''; <small>Avendonian:&nbsp;</small><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" style="font-family:Gentium,'DejaVu Sans','Segoe UI',sans-serif">[[IPA for Avendonian|[avendoˈni̯ano&#93;]]</span>) is a [[w:West Germanic language|West Germanic language]], with strong influence of [[w:Vulgar Latin|Vulgar Latin]]. It is the result of a prolonged contact among members of both regions, after West Germanic merchants began travelling to and from the [[w:Western Roman Empire|Western Roman Empire]]. These connections—and the conquest by the Germanic tribes of the northern skirts of the Roman Empire—slowly formed a [[w:creole language|creole]] for mutual communication. Eventually, permanent settlements were established in what would become modern-day Avendonia, where Avendonian is primarily spoken, with official status.


''See more:'' '''[[:Category:Indo-European languages|Indo-European languages]]'''
''See more:'' '''[[Avendonian]]'''


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