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Lexicology (Lecture Two) 2011. 9.8 Indo-European family of languages 1. The Indo-European family of languages Indo-European is the name scholars have given to the family of languages that first spread throughout Europe and many parts of southern Asia, and which are found, as a result of colonialism, in every part of the world. 2. Origin of the language family The precise origins of the language family are still a matter of some controversy, but the consensus view is that it came on the scene around 8000 years ago in the general area to the north