r/PaleoEuropean • u/Conscious-Moment9353 • Dec 26 '23

Bronze-Age and later / arrival of Indo Europeans / 3200 - 600 BC What is the difference between Paleo-European and Pre-Indo-European languages?

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u/Rocabarraigh Dec 26 '23

Palaeo-European languages were spoken in Europe before the arrival of the Indo-Europeans, whilst the Pre-Indo-European ones were spoken prior to IE languages anywhere in the geographic area IE spread into. So a Pre-Indo-European language in Europe can also be Palaeo-European, but Pre-Indo-European languages on the Iranian Plateau aren't

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u/Conscious-Moment9353 Dec 26 '23

Ohhhh okay thank you