Talk:Indo-European languages
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minor mistake on map legend edit
baltic (blue) and slavic (green) are shown separately on the map. according to the map legend though green shows "balto-slavic" spread.
Citations desperately needed. edit
This is a very well-organized page, especially considering the vastness of the topic -- but it's *desperately* lacking in citations in several sections. There are too many instances to flag each one individually, so I've flagged the whole page in the hopes that people will help add citations (or at the very least include citations in anything new they add).
Obviously, it would have been better if the original contributor had just included citations. Considering the complexity of the subject, I'd expect that many/most of the contributors here are quite familiar with the concept (and expectation) of citing references. It's really not a difficult concept. Betsy Rogers (talk) 08:26, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
Bestie the same thing is true for you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:5EC0:7020:49F:1:0:13A2:3623 (talk) 23:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
First attestation edit
The first chart (first attestation) has a color legend labeling three colors; how-ever, there are four different colors, since there is a pale green and a dark green. The legend needs to explain dark green (major languages?), or all greens should look the same. Kdammers (talk) 19:33, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
Incorrect legend edit
The following legend, though understandable, is incorrect. "Countries where Indo-European language family is majority native Countries where Indo-European language family is official but not majority native Countries where Indo-European language family is not official"
For example, the U.S. does not have an official language, but it clearly does not fit into the third category. The third category's description should be modified to some- thing like "Countries where [one or more members of the] Indo-European language family is[/are] not [the] majority native [?] or official language." Wordy, but more accurate. Kdammers (talk) 19:39, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
Italic 125.164.97.185 (talk) 21:20, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Outdated population figure edit
The population figure says that native IE speakers number 3.2 billion at 46% of the world population, but those figures calculate to a world population of 7 billion, when it's known to have exceeded 8 billion by now. Long story short, the population figure needs to be updated. 23.93.181.240 (talk) 20:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)