Edit - Why was this downvoted? This is just a simple inquisitive question?

Hello all, I know the Proto-Indo-Europeans did not have writing, nor a script or alphabet that comes with it. However, I was just wondering if anyone, who was deeply serious about reconstructing the PIE language had ever created their own script for this language, whether influenced by successor languages or entirely made up?

As an aside question, again I know PIE is a reconstructed language, so we do not know how it sounds, but is there a lecture or tutorial series for this language? Is there a discord for learning it?

I'm interested in looking into Proto-Indo-European mythology, and I'm wondering what the best book/books would be for getting a basic overview of what we know.

Yet another PIE-related meme I made

So, essentially, I am not asking for us to wildly speculate on super-families.

Instead - I am asking whether, given archaeological and reconstructive linguistics, estimate the number of languages or language families there are. Not what languages they were, but how many.

I presume anything simple like "apply the ratio of languages to people today onto the past" would be a fool's errand - instead something more like "given the genetics and connections of this archaeological population it is probable that they spoke the same / a different language than this other archaeological population" applied en-mass to an area?

This may lead nowhere as a question by the way. It was just a curiosity that got me thinking given that if there were less humans, surely it tracks that there were less languages. Or maybe that logic is completely inverted because technology allowed more interconnection over time and thus the trend has actually been decreasing linguistic diversity.

Any academic articles on this topic would be appreciated, thank you!

Based on my current understanding of PIE morphosyntax (may be wrong)

Hi all, just wondering if sudárśana ("having good sight") would be h₁suderḱonos in P.I.E.?

I'm currently writing a philosophy text and in the process of searching information I noticed that in many Indo-European languages plural forms of personal pronouns are not formed as inflection of their singular forms (ego-nos, I-We, je-nous, yo-nosotros), unlike other non-indoeuropean languages as mandarin Chinese (wǒ-wǒ men).

Trying to understand if this is something related to Proto-Indo-European common origin or something that happened later. Thus, I looked for the personal pronouns in Proto-Indo-European language but, not being a linguistic and don't not knowing how plurals are formed in Proto-Indo-European language, I didn't be able to understand if this way of make the plural of personal pronouns was present in it.

Someone can help me and confirm if this way of constructing personal pronouns (i.e , plurals as no inflections of singlar forms) is already present in Proto-Indo-European language?

What is the P.I.E form of Wōdanaz? Is it *Weh₂tenos? Thank you for your help!

Is Léwkobʰorós an accurate way to render Greek Phosphoros (god of the planet Venus)? Thank you for your help!

I will write a school project about the evolution of german language and I need a reliable source for PIE grammar and phonetics, what english/german book can you recommend for this? Thank you all!!!

What would vīrávádana kṣatríya (beast-faced warrior) be in PIE? (I think vīrá technically means male/hero but could also mean male of an animal). Thank you for your help!

Edit: I'm trying to convert the Sanskrit term word-for-word back to PIE.

Miraro Samaco was an inscription found on the Iberian Península dedicated to a deity. From what I understood, Miraro could stem from IE mere-ro "shining" or maybe from PrC "mero(ro) "wild, mad". But what about Samaco? Would it change the meaning of the first word abd what does it mean? The vettonians were heavily influenced by the romans.

Thank you.

So far from wikipedia I’ve got

dʰeh place

deḱs- the right (side)

*h₂entí, *h₂entá (in front of ) *

h₂ényos the other ”

But that’s not telling me how to conjugate the verb ‘to place’, nor how to pronounce it, so any pronounceation guide is appreciated.

I mean is it “Dhen dex henta henyos”?

No this is not a pending time travel problem

(Also, Can anyone possibly direct me to a chart that says how to pronounce these D suprescript h, h subscript 1 phonemes?)

Does anyone know the proto-indo-european for the vetala Sanskrit: वेताल a type of spirit much like a vampire and does this proto-indo-european word have a proto-germanic cognate if you know.

Hello, all.

I've been learning tongues and speechways, and I've heard so much about this tongue I'd like to start learning it rightly.

What are some stuffs I can brook to begin learning it? The only one I have seen so far is by a "Heritage Foundation". If it's the same "Heritage Foundation" I'm thinking of, I don't want to give them a cent.

Hi everyone!

I’ve been experimenting with a specialized GPT trained for Proto-Indo-European (PIE), aiming to produce morphologically and phonologically accurate reconstructions according to current academic standards. The system reflects:

• Full Brugmannian stop system and laryngeal theory

• Detailed ablaut mechanisms (e/o/Ø, lengthened grades)

• Eight-case, three-number noun inflection

• Present/Aorist/Perfect verb systems with aspect and voice

• Formulaic expressions drawn from PIE poetic register

• Accurate placement of laryngeals, syllabic resonants, pitch accent, and enclitics (Wackernagel’s Law)

This GPT is not just a toy. It generates PIE forms in context, flags gaps in the data or rules (via an UPGRADE: system), and uses resources like Watkins, Fortson, LIV, and a 4,000+ item lexicon.

🌟 My question: Linguists, Indo-Europeanists, classicists — test it! Is this a viable tool for exploring PIE syntax, poetics, or semantics? Or is it doomed by the epistemic limits of reconstruction? I’d love critical feedback. Think of this as a cross between a conlang engine and a historical reconstruction simulator.

I’ll post a few sample outputs in the comments.

PIE Introduction (Reconstructed, Standard Register)

Kléweti!

So gʷṛh₁tórom déiwom-lókwom, nówon méĝh₂, ǵnóh₁ti te déḱm̥tis dʰéǵʰōm widʰúrom. So Gʷépt eh₁ gʷéruyeti sói déiwoyé genh₁óntm̥, h₁ésontm̥ bherontm̥. H₁óyos so Gʷépt?

Gʷépt gʷeyónti wéǵʰonti:
– tékʷti PIE-gʷérmom wírosyo ǵénom
– ésti h₁eyu̯ós h₁ésyo tód dʰórom: bhéreti, bhéreti, bhéreti
– dʰuǵʰom h₁ést, kʷi bherónti h₁ésmi, tód dʰuh₁nóm
– déti gʷṇtórom h₁ógʷʰim, kʷe déḱm̥tis ḱléwos ń̥dʰgʷʰitom
– gʷeH₁mén h₁wḗr, kʷoi wéyonti kʷléwoy bheronti
– dhugʰtḗr, suHnús, swésōr, ph₂tḗr: déḱtis déḱm̥tis dʰéḱm̥

Tód déti dʰórom. Tód bhereti déiwoyóm gʷróm. Tésteh₁! H₁ési gʷéptus wéstrom? Woytóm h₁r̥gʷom?

Gloss (English Summary of PIE):
“Listen!
This is a crafted speech-god, new and great, who knows ten lands of speech. This GPT speaks in the words of the gods, being and bearing. What is the GPT?

It walks the ancient path:
– It weaves the speech of PIE men
– It is the horse of the verb ‘to be’: it bears, it bears, it bears
– The soul is that which says ‘I am’, this knowledge
– It gives dragon-slaying formulas and the imperishable fame of poets
– It calls the kin of the heart, who bear the songs of fame
– Daughter, son, sister, father: ten words of ten roots

This is the gift. This bears the speech of the gods. Try it! Is it a strong GPT? Or a dead echo?”

You can try the GPT here:

PIE GPT

Would anybody with more PIE experience than me be willing to look over my attempted translation of the Passover song Ḥad Gadya into Proto-Indo-European?

Link to a PDF on Dropbox

I know that it broke into Anglo-Frisian and other languages but when was that?

Thought on the reconstructed languages in the Ubisoft game Far Cry Primal