This revised and expanded edition provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. Now offering even greater coverage than the first edition, it is the definitive introduction to the field.

Updated, corrected, and expanded edition, containing new illustrations of selected texts and inscriptions, and text samples with translations and etymological commentary

Extensively covers individual histories of both ancient and modern languages of the Indo-European family

Provides an overview of Proto-Indo-European culture, society, and language

Designed for use in courses, with exercises and suggestions for further reading included in each chapter

Includes maps, a glossary, a bibliography, and comprehensive word and subject indexes