Pre-Indo-European languages

The vorindogermanische substrate is a group undetectable related to each other languages ​​that were spoken in Europe and Asia before the emergence of Indo-European languages.

As early as 18-19. Century became known as the Etruscan language from the epigraphic monuments. From the end of the same century until the mid- 20th century written monuments of some new languages ​​were discovered, such as Minoan, Nordpikenisch, Eteokretisch, Eteokyprisch, Iberian and others.

Purpose, the substrate began linguists since the beginning of the 20th century (that is, the probable remains of the lexicon of the previous languages) to study in the ancient Indo-European languages ​​. Thus the hypotheses of (pre-) Germanic (before ) Greek ( Pelasgian ), emerged (before ) Celtic etc. substrate.

The only surviving vorindogermanische language of Europe is Basque.

The Uralic languages ​​are not counted among the pre-Indo- languages ​​, as they have ( probably ultimately from Asia ) spread out around the same time as the Indo-European languages, or somewhat later, starting in Europe.

Europe

• ? Alteuropäische Hydronymie (according to the author of the hypothesis, Hans Krahe, but Indo-European )
• Pre-Greek substrate [note 1] Pelasgian language - see Pelasgians, Aegean languages
• Eteokretische language ( successor of the Minoan language? )
• Eteokyprische language ( successor to the kyprominoischen language? )

• Continental pre-Celtic languages:? Ligurian language ( applies today rather than Indo-European )

• Goidelisches substrate [note 3]
• ? Pictish language (the language of the Picts, are now often viewed as Celtic )

• Etruscan language
• Lemnian language
• Rhaetian language

• North pikenische language
• Camunnische language - see Camunni
• Elymian language - see Elymi
• Paläosardische language (or language nuragical ) - see Schardana, Nuraghen
• Sican language - see Sikanen
• ? Sicel language - see Siculi (most likely Indo-European )

• Iberian language
• Tartessian language or südlusitanische language - see Tartessos
• Basque language and Aquitanian language

Asia

• Substrate in Vedic Sanskrit [note 5]
• Harappische language [note 6]
• Hurro - Urartian languages ​​and Hattic language (substrate in Anatolian languages)
• Vedda language - the language of the Vedas ( based on the Sinhalese, but contains a vorsinghalesisches substrate)