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Also Known As Indogermanisch Indo-European language • Indogermanic Indo-European language

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Antoine Meillet
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Bopp
Franz Bopp
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August Pott
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August Fick
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August Leskien
German linguist
Paul Kretschmer
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Berthold Delbrück
Berthold Delbrück
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Adalbert Kuhn
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Jerzy Kuryłowicz
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Hermann Hirt
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