Kurgans - 4.000 BC

Following the Kurgan hypothesis of Marija Gimbutas, this is the approximate location of Early Proto-Indo-European speakers, before the Anatolian split. Hipothetical Pre-Northern (purple), Pre-Southern (blue) and Pre-Proto-Anatolian (brown) dialectal zones are also depicted.

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Date: June 3, 2008, 8:13 pm

[...] Indo-European II (ca. ?), reconstructed; evolved into Proto-Indo-European III and Hittite. [Hypothetical map - Kurgans] [...]

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