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With the exception of the Basques in Spain and the Ugro-Finnic group (Hungarians, Finns and Estonians), all European peoples speak Indo-European languages, which include Celtic, Germanic, Italic, Slavonic and Greek.
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Alcock, A. (1998). Ancient Greece 2000–280bc. In: A Short History of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-50093-8_1
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